The Miyumi Project Live In Poland (2008)
Recorded Live June 27, 2007 at MALTA Festival, Poznan, Poland.
"As the audience attests on this live recording, Miyumi's amalgam of cultures and creative spirit speaks the worldwide language of joy."
- Lauren Deutsch, Executive Director,Jazz Institute of Chicago
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re: Rooted / The Miyumi Project (2006)
Tatsu Aoki's re:ROOTED project is the culmination of a community based project exploring Asian identity and cultural integration through the sounds of the drum, and marrying traditional and unconventional musical instruments and forms.
Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune called it "an eloquent, often dramatic merger of ancient Japanese music and experimental American jazz."
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Rooted Origins of Now / The Miyumi Project Big Band (2001)
TATSU AOKI'S ROOTED: ORIGINS OF NOW is a musical chronicle of an Asian immigrant's adventures in the United States. While this four-part narrative is a personal story, it carries universal emotional force. Commissioned by the Jazz Indstitute of Chicago, it was performed during the 2001 Chicago Jazz Festival.
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The Miyumi Project (2000)
"Somewhere in the great beyond, the ancestors are smiling over the coming together of traditions that 'The Miyumi Project' represents..."
- The Chicago Sun-Times
Aoki's vision was to create sounds that borrow from the traditional drumming of Asia spiced by African, Latin and European sounds.
- AllAboutJazz.com
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