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"Tatsu Aoki"/?? ??/Aoki Tatsu}} is a jazz double bass player and record producer.
Aoki is an active musician in the field of Asian American jazz and is the founder and artistic director of
Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW), The Annual Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival and The JASC Tsukasa Taiko Legacy arts residency program.
Aoki lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Aoki also teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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