Time River

Time River
Studio album by Miho Hazama m_unit
Released	September 23, 2015 [1]
Recorded	April 1–2, 2015 [1]
Studio	Avatar Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Sunnyside Verve
Miho Hazama chronology
Journey to Journey (2012) Time River (2015) The Monk: Live at Bimhuis (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]

Time River is a studio album by Miho Hazama and her chamber orchestra m_unit, released in September 2015. ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Miho Hazama except as indicated.

1. "The Urban Legend" – 7:59
2. "Cityscape" – 7:10
3. "Under the Same Moon" – 8:21
4. "Dizzy Dizzy Wildflower" – 8:46
5. "Alternate Universe, Was That Real?" – 3:14
6. "Introduction" – 2:59
7. "Fugue" – 6:00
8. "Time River" – 10:26
9. "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. "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.
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.