Tatsu Aoki’s ensemble the Miyumi Project is one of the longest standing amalgams of Chicago’s avant-garde jazz and Japanese traditional music. A collaboration between African American and Asian-American jazz artists, the Miyumi Project explores a nexus of past and present cultures. The Miyumi Project features Tatsu Aoiki, Mwata Bowden, Edward Wilkerson, Jaime Kempkers, Kioto, and Coco Elysses.