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Tatsu Aoki is a leading advocate for the Asian American community,
as well as a prolific composer, a performer of traditional and experimental music forms,
a filmmaker, and an educator.

Tatsu Aoki is a leading advocate for the Asian American community,
as well as a prolific composer, a performer of traditional and experimental music forms, a filmmaker, and an educator.

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Tatsu Aoki is a leading advocate for the Asian American community, as well as a prolific composer, a performer of traditional and experimental music forms, a filmmaker,
and an educator.

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“Aoki (…) has not been alone in championing the exotic interweaving of Asian music and American jazz. But thanks to a relentless work ethic and a visionary’s approach to the art of improvisation, he surely has been the most influential.”
– Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

“Aoki (…) has not been alone in championing the exotic interweaving of Asian music and American jazz. But thanks to a relentless work ethic and a visionary’s approach to the art of improvisation, he surely has been the most influential.”
– Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

“Aoki (…) has not been alone in championing the exotic interweaving of Asian music and American jazz. But thanks to a relentless work ethic and a visionary’s approach to the art of improvisation, he surely has been the most influential.”
– Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

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Trio WAZ: Wilkerson, Aoki, Zerang
Trio WAZ: Wilkerson, Aoki, Zerang 2009/10/03 @ The Velvet Lounge, Chicago, Illinois
The Silent Minority
The Silent Minority Jazz musician Tatsu Aoki is making a documentary film about the experience of Chicago's nisei, many of
Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project at Steppenwolf Theatre
Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project at Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago Tribune By Howard Reich, Tribune critic May 12, 2008 Few musicians have
Traffic series performers move to a world beat
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“It was a gamble, but East thrillingly meets West in The Miyumi Project”
Chicago Tribune By Howard Reich, Tribune critic May 9, 2008 More than 30 years ago, bassist-bandleader Tatsu Aoki took an
Chicagoans of the Year 2001
From the Chicago Tribune December 30, 2001 Sixteen inspirational individuals Artists explain and interpret our world, and we’ve needed their