Time River Explained
Time River is a studio album by Miho Hazama and her chamber orchestra m_unit, released in September 2015.[2] [3] [4]
Background
"Under the Same Moon" was originally composed when Miho Hazama was around twenty years old. When Miho was introduced from Gil Goldstein about his video of accordion quartet via email, she noticed and felt similarity. Then she decided to rearrange "Under the Same Moon" for Gil and m_unit, her bigband. Gil was invited as a guest player.
In the title track "Time River", another guest, Joshua Redman is playing.
At the end of this album, a track of American rock supergroup A Perfect Circle, "Magdalena", is included. Miho Hazama had been playing tracks of A Perfect Circle in her cover band, when she was a senior high school student, and her favorite track was "The Hollow" in album Mer de Noms. She had been decided to conclude this album Time River by bright tone track "Magdalena" from Mer de Noms, after long journey of minor tracks.[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Miho Hazama except as indicated.
- "The Urban Legend" – 7:59
- "Cityscape" – 7:10
- "Under the Same Moon" – 8:21
- "Dizzy Dizzy Wildflower" – 8:46
- "Alternate Universe, Was That Real?" – 3:14
- "Introduction" – 2:59
- "Fugue" – 6:00
- "Time River" – 10:26
- "Magdalena" (Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan) – 6:38
Personnel
- Miho Hazama – conductor, piano (tracks: 6, 7)
- Matthew Jodrell – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Joshua Redman – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone [guest] (track: 8)
- Cam Collins – alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Ryoji Ihara – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Andrew Gutauskas – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Adam Unsworth – French horn (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Alex Brown – piano (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9)
- Sam Harris – piano (tracks: 2, 5, 8)
- Gil Goldstein – accordion [guest] (track: 3)
- James Shipp – vibraphone (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Sam Anning – bass (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
- Jake Goldbas – drums
- Sara Caswell – violin
- Joyce Hammann – violin
- Meaghan Burke – cello
- Lois Martin – viola
Notes and References
- Web site: タイム・リヴァー [SHM-CD] ]. Universal Music Japan . 2015-09-23 . 2020-03-03 . Japanese . Time River [SHM-CD].
- Web site: Time River - Miho Hazama. AllMusic. en-us. 2020-02-10.
- Web site: Miho Hazama: Time River album review. All About Jazz. en. 2020-02-10.
- Web site: Miho Hazama: Time River. Robson. Britt. JazzTimes. en-US. 2020-02-10.
- Web site: Mitsutaka Nagira . ジャズ・オーケストラの可能性を更新する新作『Time River』の背景を挾間美帆が明かす【〈越境〉するプレイヤーたち】第3回（後編） . Mikiki . 2015-09-29 . 2020-02-06 . Japanese . Miho Hszama explained about the background of her new album Time River which alters potential of jazz orchestra. Cross-border players Part 3 .
