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Currently Playing: Electric Organs and Samurai Symphonies // Chapter 3 of 6 of The Curious Story of Miho Hazama

This is the third chapter of the curious story of Miho Hazama Miho has taken over one of the world’s most venerable big bands - the Danish Radio Big Band. But her story starts in a completely different corner of the world. As a child she played classical piano, danced ballet and composed symphonic music on an electric organ. In this chapter we travel with Miho back to Japan to discover her roots. FILM CREDITS Directed, filmed and edited by: Sebastian Ottenstein Producer: Fimmer Engel Narrator: David Bateson Color grader: Allan Hansen Sound engineer: Lars Henrik Nissen and Lars C. Bruun Poster and thumbnail design: Niklas Antonson Artistic director, The Danish Radio Big Band: Birger Carlsen Executive producer: Nicolai Abrahamsen The film included excerpts from the following concerts: “Imaginary Visions” and “Celebrating Thad Jones - 100 Years” and excerpts from “The Welcome”, produced by Karsten Andersen. Archive: DR Research and Archive, Dave Stapleton, Jazz Life Magazine, Downbeat Magazine, Jan Persson, Agnete Schlichtkrull, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Metropole Orkest, Jette Reinholdt/Ritzau Scanpix, GÃrard Amsellem/59891-17/Ritzau Scanpix, Per Pejstrup/Ritzau Scanpix, Jens Dresling/Politiken/Ritzau Scanpix, Morten Juhl/Nf-Nf/Ritzau Scanpix, Ent_ctu81153/Allstar/Ritzau Scanpix, Steen Jacobsen/Ritzau Scanpix, Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix, Guy Le Querrec/Magnum Photos/Ritzau Scanpix, Rafael Macia/Photo Researchers/Ritzau Scanpix, Ray Stubblebine/AP/Ritzau Scanpix, Jan Jørgensen/Ritzau Scanpix, Valdemar Vedel, Victor Rasmussen, Tak Tokiwa, Jimmy Katz, NHK, NEP Music: Miho Hazama, Thad Jones, Jim McNeely, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Ray Anthony, George Williams, Ib Glindemann, Paul Desmond, Mozart, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Maria Schneider, Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson, Kenny Burrell, Irving Berlin, Junko Onishi, Horace Silver, Ernie Wilkins, Elvin Jones, Shirou Sagisu, Louis Prima, Patty Hill, Mildred J. Hill, Bud Powell, Tommy Flanagan, The Danish Radio Big Band, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Kunitachi College of Music New Tide Jazz Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra