Jazz Articles about Miyumi Project Big Band

Miyumi Project Big Band by Tatsu Aoki: Rooted: Origins of Now

by Mark F. Turner
June 19, 2002

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 of Chicago is another example of a commissioned work that combines composed music and jazz improvisation as in the recent work by the American Saxophone Quartet: Commission Project

Tatsu a Chicago native since 1978 was born in Tokyo and is the most recorded Asian-American bassist in U.S. jazz history. ...