Tatsu Aoki

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Tatsuyuki "Tatsu" Aoki ( Japanese 青木 達 幸 , Aoki Tatsuyuki or タ ツ ・ 青木 , Tatsu Aoki ; * 1957 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( double bass , also Taiko , Shamisen ) and filmmaker who has been working since the late 1970s works in Chicago.

Aoki comes from a traditional family of artists and was part of the Tokyo underground art movement in the 1970s. As a member of the experimental music ensemble Gintenkai , he mixed traditional Japanese with Western music. In 1977 he moved to Chicago, where he studied film arts at the Art Institute of Chicago .

Aoki played his debut album Depressingly Happy (Innocent Eyes & Lenses) in Chicago in 1989 ; Further solo productions followed in 1992/93, Needless to Say and the live recording of Avant-Bass Live . He recorded the album Kioto in alternating duo line- ups with Bradley Parker-Sparrow , Jim O'Rourke , Reza Utopicblue, Michael Zerang and Sanjuro Tsubaki. In the late 1990s and 2000s he played in Chicago with Fred Anderson , Yasuhiro Otani , Malachi Favors , Kenny Millions , Famoudou Don Moye ( A Symphony of Cities , 2002), Roscoe Mitchell ( Chicago Duos , 2005), in a trio Joseph Jarman and Robbie Hunsinger , also with Jason Kao Hwang and Francis Wong .

Aokis Film Light was named Best Experimental Film at the Canada International Film Festival 2017. He is currently a professor in the Cinematography and New Media Department of the Art Institute of Chicago , teaching film production and film history. In the field of jazz he was involved in 49 recording sessions between 1990 and 2009.

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  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography. (online, accessed July 11, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Aoki, Tatsu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES タ ツ ・ 青木 (Japanese, pseudonym); 青木 達 幸 (Japanese, real name); Aoki Tatsuyuki (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture