As a composer, Ms. Hazama released her debut album “Journey to Journey” with a 13-piece chamber orchestra in 2012, which received not only “Album of the Year -New Star Award” from Jazz Japan magazine, but also universal praise from NPR, DownBeat, JazzTimes, etc. Ms. Hazama was recently honored to receive the 24th Idemitsu Music Award as a jazz composer for the first time in the awards history.