MIYUMI PROJECT: Japanese American Jazz Legacy and Diaspora

2018 Summer concert series at Fred Anderson Park:

Tsukasa Taiko Gintenaki performers join Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project Big Band to celebrate the music that has been uniting the South Side Chicago Jazz scene with Japanese artists for over two decades. Experience the unique diaspora of two distinct cultures coming together as one. Live painting completed by artist Lewis Achenbach. 

Brought to you by Birdhouse Inc., the Edith Marie Appleton Foundation, Asian Improv Arts Midwest and supported in part by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.