Migiwa Miyajima is a multi-talented artist active worldwide across four fields: large jazz ensembles, small classical and jazz ensembles, vocal acoustic pop, and books.

Projects

Big Band Projects

Miggy Augmented Orchestra and More

・Miggy Augmented Orchestra (Leader/Sole Composer) 2014-present
・Celebrating Jim McNeely (2025) 
・Samurai Jazz Project (2019-2022)
・The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (2009-2016) 
・The Slide Hampton Big Band (2018-2019) 

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    Ready? 0:59
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    Colorful 0:59
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    Captain Miggy's Age of Discovery 6:27
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    Find the white line - inspiration on birds 1:00
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    The Hi Hat Man 1:00
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    Drops into the Sky - dedicated to Kumi Hoshika 1:00
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    Hope for Hope 1:00
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    An Ending - I love you 0:59
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    Intro - Your Future Story 1:56
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    10Years and Counting March 2021 6:28
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    Captain Miggy's Age of Discovery 2021 March version 6:25
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Smalle Ensemble (Classical / Jazz)

The Sax Project and More

・The Sax Project featuring Dick Oatts (Leader/Sole Composer) (2023-present)
・String Quartet (commissioned by ETHEL) (2020-2024)

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Songs / Pop Music

KYMN, Singer Song-Writer Work, etc

・KYMN (Leader/ Sole Composer) (2024-) 
・Singer Song-Writer

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    1.Do I? (The Apple Tree) 0:42
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    2. Take My Thread 0:28
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    3. 君が求めるそれを僕は Kimi ga Motomeru Sore wo Boku ha 0:20
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    4. Come Over 0:31
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    5. The Golden Miracles 0:24
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    6. The Sun Will Rise Again 0:20
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    7. あまい魔法（The Sweetest Magic) 0:30
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    8. AnEnding - ILoveYou - bonus track 0:37
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    9. Take My Thread (NY session version) 0:23
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Book Writing

Writing and Translating

・Migiwa Miyajima, Your Future Story ArtistShare, 2021 
・Jim McNeely, Art of Comping  ATN Publishing, 2014 (Japan) Role: Translator & Supervisor (English to Japanese). 
・Douglas Purviance and Toru Atobe, Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone. Discover 21, 2011 (Japan)  Role: Book Producer and Translator

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