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Conductor and Composer Miho Hazama's Beyond Orbits Album on Gold Vinyl LP!
Performed by Her Ensemble m_unit!
Beyond Orbits is the 2023 album from composer and conductor Miho Hazama, the vibrant album that, with her ensemble M-Unit, celebrates their 10th anniversary this year. This album is testament to her endless creativity and artistic vision that has prompted her remarkable growth of her career in Japan, Europe and the US in recent years. Beyond Orbits is an album born out of the challenges that unfolded over the past few years. Confined to a small apartment in Harlem, New York, during the pandemic, amidst a backdrop of intense political turbulence, including a consequential presidential election, Miho Hazama was faced with a profound sense of disconnection. Redirecting her focus beyond the tumultuous world, Miho decided to shift her focus away from the world and began researching exoplanets. She found two with unique characteristics and decided to create a concept around them. After receiving a prestigious commission in 2021 from the Monterey Jazz Festival, Miho Hazama wrote a new work that resulted in the Exoplanet Suite, which pays homage to the captivating wonders of the exoplanetary realm. This idea became the core of the album with movements titled Electro Elliptical Orbits, As a Three Sunlight and Planet Nine.
Features
- Gold Vinyl
Musicians
Miho Hazama | conducting |
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Steve Wilson | alto sax, soprano sax, flute |
Jeremy Powell | tenor sax, clarinet (on tracks 4-6) |
Jason Rigby | tenor sax, clarinet (on tracks 1, 2-3) |
Andrew Gutauskas | baritone sax, bass clarinet |
Immanuel Wilkins | alto sax (track 2) |
Jonathan Powell | trumpet, flugelhorn |
Adam Unsworth | french horn |
Tomoko Akaboshi | violin |
Ben Russell | violin |
Atsuki Yoshida | viola |
Meaghan Burke | cello |
Maria Im | violin (track 4) |
Matt Consul | viola (track 4) |
James Shipp | vibraphone |
Billy Test | piano |
Sam Anning | bass (except track 4) |
Christian McBride | bass (track 4) |
Jake Goldbas | drums |
Selections
- A Monk In Ascending And Descending
- From Life Comes Beauty (feat. Immanuel Wilkins)
- Portrait Of Guess
- Exoplanet Suite: I. Elliptical Orbit (feat. Christian McBride)
- Exoplanet Suite: II. Three Sunlights
- Exoplanet Suite: III. Planet Nine