Time River

Time River
Time River
Studio album by Miho Hazama m_unit
Released	September 23, 2015
Recorded	April 1–2, 2015
Studios	Avatar (New York, New York)
Genre	Jazz
Labels	Sunnyside; Verve;
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Time River is a studio album by Miho Hazama and her chamber orchestra m_unit, released in September 2015.

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" from Mer de Noms, 2000, 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" on the album Mer de Noms. She decided to conclude Time River with the bright tone track "Magdalena" from Mer de Noms, after a series of narrative tracks.

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

References

1 2 3 "タイム・リヴァー [SHM-CD]" [Time River [SHM-CD]] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
↑ Attrian, Hrayr (December 19, 2015). "Miho Hazama: Time River". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
↑ "Time River - Miho Hazama". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
↑ "Miho Hazama: Time River album review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
↑ Robson, Britt. "Miho Hazama: Time River". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
↑ Mitsutaka Nagira (2015-09-29). "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）" [Miho Hszama explained about the background of her new album Time River which alters potential of jazz orchestra. Cross-border players Part 3] (in Japanese). Mikiki. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

[universal_music_japan-1] 1 2 3 "タイム・リヴァー [SHM-CD]" [Time River [SHM-CD]] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-03.

[allaboutjazz-2] Attrian, Hrayr (December 19, 2015). "Miho Hazama: Time River". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

[3] "Time River - Miho Hazama". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-10.

[4] "Miho Hazama: Time River album review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-02-10.

[5] Robson, Britt. "Miho Hazama: Time River". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2020-02-10.

[6] Mitsutaka Nagira (2015-09-29). "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）" [Miho Hszama explained about the background of her new album Time River which alters potential of jazz orchestra. Cross-border players Part 3] (in Japanese). Mikiki. Retrieved 2020-02-06.