Raw and Alive – The MIYUMI Project

2016

Recorded LIVE at Association for Asian American Studies Conference at Northwestern University on April 24, 2015 and Hairpin Arts Center on December 6, 2014

Executive Producer: Francis Wong Artistic Direction: Tatsu Aoki Recording and Mixing Engineer: Caleb Willitz & K-LAB DAD Sound System Cover Art: Miyumi Aoki Photography: (Flap) Joel Wanek; (Inside) Lauren Deutsch, Ken Carl, Chris Abani, James Mitchell, Kazu Yamamoto Graphic Design: Al Brandtner

All compositions and arrangements by Tatsu Aoki and the MIYUMI Project All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction of this recording is prohibited by federal law and subject to criminal prosecution. ASCAP Asian Improv Music Pub. Co.

Tatsu Aoki – bass Mwata Bowden – woodwinds Edward Wilkerson – woodwinds Avreeayl Ra – drums, percussion Coco Elysses – conga, percussion Jamie Kempkers – cello Kioto Aoki –  taiko drum

1. Kitchen and Wine Cellar (16:51) 2. Could Be Home (11:00) 3. Landscape and Holler (07:39) 4. Lacquer (15:18) 5. It Came from LA (13:02)