Miho Hazama FRAMES
(LP)

Coloured Vinyl
Frames is the new album and Miho Hazama’s fourth release on Edition, reinforcing her standing as a composer and conductor ofinternational recognition. Based in New York, Hazama has built a career defined by detailed large-ensemble writing, long-rangemusical thinking, and vividly articulated orchestration. Her work spans through Japan, Europe and the US, with projects for theNorwegian Radio Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, the Danish Radio Big Band, and Metropole Orkest. With her BBC Promsdebut confirmed for 2025, her compositional voice continues to expand in scale and authority, qualities clearly evident throughoutFrames. The album returns her to close collaboration with the Danish Radio Big Band, echoing the creative relationship firstestablished on her Edition debut Imaginary Visions (2021).On Frames, Hazama engages directly with the band’s history, drawing inspiration from the musical directors who have shaped itsidentity over decades - Ib Glindemann, Ray Pitts, Palle Mikkelborg, Thad Jones, Ole Kock Hansen, Bob Brookmeyer, and JimMcNeely, whose recent passing adds quiet weight to the project. It’s their influences that Hazama uses to frame her owncompositions. The result is a body of work grounded in legacy yet unmistakably Hazama’s own: composed with clarity,confidence, and an internationally grounded perspective. Textured gold vinyl.[info sheet from distr.]