Jazz Articles about Miho Hazama

About Miho Hazama

Radio & Podcasts

Size Matters: (Mostly New) Jazz for Big Bands and Orchestras, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 7, 2021

As we continue our journey in the recent work of some of the most compelling jazz orchestras and big bands of today, and a few from the past that were so ahead of their time that their music still sounds fresh. [Click here to listen to the part 1]. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Orchestre National de Jazz “Who Is Clutterbuck?" The Party (Jazz Village) 0:16 Host ...

Multiple Reviews

I nuovi progetti di Miho Hazama

by Angelo Leonardi
April 8, 2019

È da mezzo secolo, ovvero dai tempi Toshiko Akiyoshi, che dal Giappone non emergeva una bandleader così talentuosa. A soli 33 anni Miho brucia letteralmente le tappe: presenta il terzo disco a capo del suo collettivo M_Unit Dancer in Nowhere e, quasi in contemporanea e sempre per la Sunnyside Records, la sua personale rilettura dei classici di Thelonious Monk, alla guida della Metropole Orkest Big Band. Dopo il diploma in composizione conseguito in Giappone a 23 anni ...

Radio & Podcasts

John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Miho Hazama & other great new releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 6, 2018

The summer is almost over and the pace at which new albums are being released is picking up... This week we focus on a few new gems, including two remarkable tributes to Thelonious Monk, the mighty Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk (in six volumes!) by Miles Okazaki and the idiosyncratic The MONK: Live at Bimhuis by Miho Hazama with the Metropole Orkest Big Band. Ah... and new works featuring John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Steve Cardenas, Manu Codjia and ...

Lyrics

I 10 Cd nel CD-Player di... Miho Hazama

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 20, 2016

01. Jack Garratt -Phase (Interscope -2016). Mi sono innamorata subito di questo sound quando ho ascoltato per la prima volta l'album da un mio amico. Meravigliosi colori strumentali, mixing e mastering! 02. David Linx -Follow the Songlines (Naïve -2011). Adoro il suono sinfonico. Album scritto ed eseguito benissimo con una brillante performance di Mario Laginha. 03. Leonard Bernstein -Bernstein Conducts Bernstein Symphonies 1 & 2 (Deutsche Grammophon -1978). La sua sinfonia ...

Album Review

Miho Hazama: Time River

Read "Time River" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 28, 2015

Sono anni importanti per il jazz orchestrale. L'emergere di giovani arrangiatori e bandleader iniziato di recente con Jason Lindner, Darcy James Argue, Ryan Truesdell, Kyle Saulnier e altri non s'è fermato, anche grazie al ruolo formativo del New England Conservatory e della Manhattan School of Music. È da lì che vengono alcuni dei nomi citati ed anche la protagonista di questo splendido disco, la giapponese Miho Hazama. Nata a Tokyo ma residente da anni a New York, la ...

Album Review

Miho Hazama: Time River

Read "Time River" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 19, 2015

Composer, bandleader and pianist Miho Hazama's second release for Sunnnyside Records, Time River, is a uniquely thrilling album. The sublimely variegate harmonic color, the gripping, dramatic atmosphere and the dynamic musical ideas result in a cohesive and impeccably crafted album that is alive with spontaneity. Each of the nine original and distinctive pieces is perfectly constructed with room for individuality, raw emotion and expressive intelligence. Hazama deftly conducts the musical whirlwind “Dizzy Dizzy Wildflower" to create a provocative ...