Discography
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LIVE IN POLAND - The Miyumi Project
SoRi = sound Dohee Lee + Tatsu Aoki
Fred Anderson Quartet, Live at Velvet Lounge Volume III
TATSU AOKI - 3 NEW CDs
- The New World / Bradley Parker-Sparrow (09)
- Jeff Chan's Horns of Plenty / Jeff Chan (09)
- Three Big Guys Plus One(09)
Trio WAZ
Trio WAZ: Wilkerson, Aoki, Zerang
2009/10/03 @ The Velvet Lounge, Chicago, Illinois
The New World / Bradley Parker-Sparrow (09)
Sparrow, born and raised on east 47th Street in Chicago responds to the art and music of Kanye West. The streets existed before Kanye, and Kanye follows several proud generations of Chicago composers that have tried to sweat out a living... all the way back to Louis Armstrong, Earl Fatha Hines, and Ramsey Lewis. Sparrow is a link, and Kanye is a link. And now that Hip Hop and dance is 30 years old, it must pay respect to the sounds around it. "Kanye, OK OK (She Wants A Jazz Man)" Music Video is directed by Joanie Pallatto. (c) 2008 Southport Records. Music & Lyrics: Bradley Parker-Sparrow. Musicians: Bradley Parker-Sparrow-vocal/rap/programming, Joanie Pallatto-background vocals, Tatsu Aoki-bass, Francis Wong-tenor saxophone; Performance: Bradley Parker-Sparrow, Magic the Dog.
Early Abstractions
Francis Wong Trio with Tatsu Aoki & Chad Taylor
new album:
Early Abstractions
Francis Wong Trio with Tatsu Aoki & Chad Taylor
Recorded Live, July 10, 2008 at 1st International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR, Poznan', POLAND
www.animator-festival.com.
"A new live recording from my performance last year at Animator Festival in Poznan, Poland will soon be available on CD. Released by Estrada Poznan, this recording features Tatsu Aoki on Bass and Chad Taylor on Drums. It is called Early Abstractions, named for the animated film presentation of Harry Smith's work for which we were asked to provide sound accompaniment at the Festival. It is an honor to have a really nice document of the work and the relationship that we have with our friends in Poland!"
- FrancisWong, Sunday, 05 July 2009
About Tatsu
TATSU AOKI - Bassist Tatsu Aoki is a prolific and accomplished
musician, composer and educator. He works in a wide
array of musical styles, ranging from traditional
Asian music to jazz to experimental music and is
a much in-demand artist performing on both contrabass
and the shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed lute). He
has recorded over 100 albums featuring many of the
musical legends of Chicago, including Fred Anderson,
Von Freeman, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Don Moye
and John Watson Sr. 2006 saw Aoki present his most
ambitious work to date, "re: Rooted"
a continuation of his "Rooted" composition
cycle featuring the MIYUMI Project Big Band at Millennium
Park's Pritzker Pavilion. Aoki is the founder
and Artistic Director of the Annual Chicago Asian
American Jazz Festival.
[full Biography]
Tatsu Aoki
CHICAGOANS OF THE YEAR 2001
