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DESCRIPTION:Tokyo&rsquo\;s loss\, Chicago&rsquo\;s gain.&nbsp\;<strong>Tats
 u Aoki</strong>&nbsp\;left his native Japan in 1977\, at the age of 20\, t
 o study experimental filmmaking at the Art Institute of Chicago (and he cu
 rrently teaches film production and history at the school). But along the 
 way\, this indefatigable musician and arts organizer has established himse
 lf among the city&rsquo\;s most fluent and adventurous jazz bassists.\n\nT
 he prime vehicle for Aoki&rsquo\;s connection with his heritage remains hi
 s&nbsp\;<strong>Miyumi Big Band</strong>. Aoki formed this continually evo
 lving ensemble in 2001 to perform the symphonic-length&nbsp\;<em>Rooted: O
 rigins Of Now</em>\, which premiered at that year&rsquo\;s Chicago Jazz Fe
 stival. Five years later\, he revisited that composition&rsquo\;s themes o
 f cultural inheritance\, alienation\, and synthesis in<em>Re:ROOTED</em>\,
  which debuted as part of the &ldquo\;Made In Chicago&rdquo\; series at Mi
 llennium Park. Now the Jazz Festival presents the third installment of thi
 s series\,&nbsp\;<em>Trans-Rooted</em>\, in its debut performance\, featur
 ing saxophonists Mwata Bowden\, Jeff Chan\, Ed Wilkerson\, and Francis Won
 g\; violinists Jonathan Chen and Renee Baker\; drummer Dushun Mosley\; and
 &nbsp\;<em>taiko</em>drummers Kioto Aoki\, Amy Homma\, and Noriko Sugiyama
 \, all members of Tsukasa Taiko\, the Chicago-based Japanese drumming ense
 mble.
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SUMMARY:The MIYUMI Project Big Band: “Trans-Rooted” featuring JASC Tsuk
 asa Taiko
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