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For 2 Akis was widely praised as an exceptionally mature debut. The album opens and closes with "Hoshi Meguri No Uta" ("The Star-Circling Song"), establishing a "floating, rubato feeling" that sets the mood for a contemplative journey. The album serves as a quiet contrast to busier jazz scenes, aiming for a "sumptuous, sparse lyricism". To tell you more about the album, See a detailed list of the personnel ?

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Released in early 2018, For 2 Akis marked the ECM Records debut of Japanese drummer-leader Shinya Fukumori , introducing a unique, transcontinental trio based in Munich. The album was hailed for its deeply poetic, spacious chamber jazz, heavily influenced by the Japanese Shōwa era and European aesthetic principles. For 2 Akis was widely praised as an

It merges a Westernized jazz idiom with poetic scenes unique to Japan. To tell you more about the album, See

(tenor saxophone): A French tenorist bringing "fragile flights of fancy".