Double bassist Tatsu Aoki leads this avant-garde ensemble in a program of creative improvised music that reflects the roots of Asian/American jazz. The instrumental timbres that he's chosen to augment ...

Even though the Miyumi Project is best known for its festival shows — massive productions in which the group can swell to as many as two dozen members, including a small army of taiko drummers — the ...

The cross-pollination of Asian and American music comes alive on the new recording Rooted: Origins of Now by Japanese composer:bassist Tatsu Aoki. The project which is sponsored by the Jazz Institute ...

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More than 30 years ago, bassist-bandleader Tatsu Aoki took an artistic gamble: He began combining facets of ancient Japanese music with freewheeling jazz improvisation. Though rudimentary, those first ...