Originally from Japan, New York-based jazz composer Miho Hazama is a brilliant, award-winning bandleader, who just five years ago arrived in New York City and has since begun to establish herself as a force to be reckoned with. A winner of the 16th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, Hazama's jazz chamber orchestra "m_unit" draws on myriad musical sources, arriving at a highly distinctive and original sound. In his DownBeat four–star review of Hazama’s debut album Journey To Journey (2013), James Hale wrote: “Hazama includes a string quartet as a core ele­ment of her ensemble, and constantly juxtaposes horn lines against thorny string harmonies and stuttering tempos. When she does resort to them, standard big band techniques – like the dramatic staccato build at the end of ‘What Will You See When You Turn The Next Corner?’ – sound fresh.” With her second Sunnyside Records release, Time River, Hazama further makes her case as an important emerging voice in the large ensemble arena.  Miho Hazama – composer, conductor Ben Kono – alto saxophone, clarinet Ryoji Ihara – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Andrew Gutauskas – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Jonathan Powell – trumpet, flugelhorn Adam Unsworth – French horn Joyce Hammann - violin 1 Sara Caswell – violin 2 Lois Martin – viola Meaghan Burke – cello James Shipp – vibraphone Gil Goldstein – accordion Sam Harris – piano Sam Anning – bass Jake Goldbas – drums Special Guest, Gil Goldstein – Accordian