{"title":"Miggy Augmented Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Swinging, exuberant modernism: New York-based 17-piece jazz orchestra led by Migiwa Miyajima] The Miggy Augmented Orchestra is the creative home of Migiwa \"Miggy\" Miyajima — Japan-born composer, pianist, and six-time Grammy-nominated producer, including two nominations with The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. A survivor of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Miyajima channels resilience and hope into music that blends jazz, classical, pop, and soul with her Japanese heritage. Her accolades include the 2024 MacDowell Fellowship and collaborations with NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton. The orchestra's 17 members are New York's first-call musicians — performers who have moved audiences from NPR's Tiny Desk Concert to Times Square to a White House concert for President Obama. Diverse in gender, generation, and cultural background, each brings a distinct voice to the ensemble. Miyajima writes to make those voices unmistakable, channeling 17 individual personalities into an urgent, swinging whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"miggy-augmented-orchestra-unbreakable-hope-resilience-cd","title":"Miggy Augmented Orchestra - Unbreakable Hope \u0026 Resilience (CD)","description":"Unbreakable Hope \u0026amp; Resilience is a 72-minute documentary-style big band suite drawn from Miyajima's personal interviews with twenty survivors and volunteers of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Recorded live at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 17, 2025 — where a sold-out audience sat in stunned silence before erupting in tears — the album pairs the Miggy Augmented Orchestra with three actors voicing the interviewees. Releasing worldwide June 26, 2026 on SoundSpore Records.","brand":"SoundSpore Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52326205096229,"sku":"820200409058","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/1250\/3845\/files\/2026-UHR-Album-Cover-1-1-scaled.jpg?v=1778034879"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/1250\/3845\/collections\/2026-UHR-Album-Cover-1-1-scaled_d171dc86-bcba-4500-8920-9f69b33fae9a.jpg?v=1781130167","url":"https:\/\/store.spinneymedia.com\/collections\/miggy-augmented-orchestra.oembed","provider":"Spinney Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}