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new album: SoRi = sound / Dohee Lee + Tatsu Aoki
Dohee Lee (Percussionist, vocalist, dancer, composer)
She was born in Jeju Island of South Korea. She trained Korean
traditional music and dance including shamanic influenced music and
dance as well in Korea which has been adapted into her unique work.
She has been also doing artist director at KYCC (Korean Youth Cultural
Center) where has provided a space for people to explore, cultivate
and share their ideas, energy and passion about korean american
culture, identity, politics, history and community through various
cultural activities since 1987 in East-Bay of California. She found
PURI Project in 2004, since then she has produced multi-arts
performance which has been presented about History of Korea annually.
She works not only dancers but also musicians in the traditional and
contemporary Asian American Cultural arts and has collaborated
extensively with various asian improve artists and international
artists as Tatsu Aoki, Francis Wong, Jeff Chan, Asian Crisis, InkBoat,
Kunst-stoff, Lawrence Ochs, William Winant, Scott Amendola, Nanos
Operetta and Kronos Quartet
visit: doheelee.com,
flux-i-ching.blogspot.com
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FLUX Aug 23, Sept 11, Oct 16-18, 2008
Sat, August 23, 2008 8pm
EastSide Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94609
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Korean Center Inc.
1362 Post st. SF, CA 94109
Thur - Sat, Oct 16-18, 2008
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
701 Mission ST @ 3rd
SF, CA 94103, 415-978-ARTS(2787)
For more info, tickets and updates on performance:
www.ybca.org
www.asianimprov.org
www.flux-i-ching.blogspot.com
new album: SoRi - sound / Dohee Lee + Tatsu Aoki
Tatsu Aoki @ Festival Animator 2008, Poland.
The 1st International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR
7- 12 July 2008 in Poznan, Poland
www.animator-festival.com
Tatsu Aoki - retrospective with live music performed by the artist
Tuesday, July 08th 2008, 09.00 pm
"Puzzle" (Live Music)
"Decades Passed" (Sound Track by Jeff Parker)
"Travelling Sprit" (Live Music)
"Recolleciton of Memories" (Live Music)
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]
Featured Album
The Miyumi Project Live In Poland
The May 9 performance at Steppenwolf will also mark the official release of Tatsu Aoki's newest recording The Miyumi Project Live in Poland on Chicago label Southport Records. Mr. Aoki and members of the ensemble will be signing copies of the new CD following the performance.
"As the audience attests on this live
recording, Miyumi's amalgam of
cultures and creative spirit speaks
the worldwide language of joy."
- Lauren Deutsch,
Executive Director,Jazz Institute of Chicago
Recorded Live June 27, 2007 at MALTA Festival, Poznan, Poland
[see details]
- Mwata Bowden - reeds
- Francis Wong - soprano sax
- Jonathan Chen - violin
- Hide Yoshihashi - taiko drums
- Amy Homma - taiko drums
- Melody Takata - taiko drums
- Tatsu Aoki - bass
TOYOAKI SHAMISEN
| a division of JASC Tsukasa Taiko TOYOAKI SHAMISEN |
Discover the Japanese traditional lute, SHAMISEN !
Legendary "Ozashiki" shamisen music from Toyoaki family.
www.toyoaki.org
