Ayuko Ikeda

Suomi Morishita: Ein.

by Pat Youngspiel
May 17, 2021

If Johannes Brahms and Karlheinz Stockhausen had shared the same creative period and Miles Davis had been inspired by their collaboration, one might end up with something close to what Suomi Morishita offers in his calm elaborations on Ein.. But that still wouldn't reveal the whole picture. On his debut album the Japanese guitarist paints balanced sketches of dark romanticism that elegantly weave improvisatory notions amidst thoroughly through-composed scores in a dim-lit chamber music setting. Throughout the program, the core ...