Podcast appearances and mentions of jon jang

Follow Cookie Online: https://otrstudios.com/founder https://www.facebook.com/cookiejmarenco https://bluecoastmusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bluecoastrecords If you've ever traveled all the way around the world in order to meet your neighbor, or learned a valuable life lesson by taking the long route, then this is the story for you. Over the past 4 decades, hidden away in the hills of my tiny hometown in Belmont, California lies OTR Studio. It's a full functioning ultra-high-definition recording studio that rivals any in the world. At the studio, Gold Record Selling Artists, Grammy Winning Musicians and Academy Award film companies come to work with one of the rare gurus of sound. It took me 20 years of living in New York to realize I had a world class haven at OTR Studio to record in my own home town. Some people play instruments, like how I play the cello and trombone, some find new ways to invent instruments like DJ Qbert and his turntables and some rare talents, create and play the studio itself. Cookie Marenco makes her vintage mixing board and her stacks of sound signal processing modules into her personalized instruments. Her sensitivity to sound, experience in mixing and ability to pull and produce the best performances out of many artists is akin to a concert pianist feeling the touch of the keys to bring the most precise and dynamically beautiful music into real life. There's a reason many music legends such as saxophonist Charlie Parker's drummer Max Roach, the pianists Brad Mehldau, Jon Jang, the late great Chick Corea and major companies like Lucas Films and Sony all come to Cookie to fine tune their recordings. I came to record the podcast interview and we ended up creating an entire album. It is my honor to learn and share in real time, the evolution of audio in the highest possible fidelity, with Cookie Marenco. If you enjoy today's episode, don't forget to hit the subscribe and like buttons, connect with us on IG, TiKTok and your favorite platforms to stream audio and video. We also have a Patreon page links in description, where you can subscribe to and support and receive exclusive content and merch including the album of chill out music we created at Cookie's studio called “Sweet Sleep Meditations”. You won't regret it. Welcome back to #UpgradeMe. It's a podcast about the never ending self improvement journey, ideas and life hacks to help you level up and the people who make it happen! Hosted by Dana Leong, a 2x Grammy Winning Musician, a US Music Ambassador and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Support #UpgradeMe: https://www.patreon.com/UpgradeMePod⁠ Join our communities online at: https://www.Instagram.com/UpgradeMePod https://www.TikTok.com/@UpgradeMePod https://www.Facebook.com/UpgradeMePod https://www.Youtube.com/@UpgradeMePod⁠ ⁠https://www.soundcloud.com/UpgradeMePod⁠ ⁠https://x.com/PodUpgrade⁠ ⁠https://www.Linkedin.com/in/DanaLeong Subscribe to Upgrade Me: https://bit.ly/upgradeytsub Upgrade Me is sponsored by https://www.TEKTONIKmusic.org (Harmony Heals)

To close out Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, San Francisco-based saxophonist and longtime activist Francis Wong joins us to talk about the revolutionary power of music and art. He shares how he came to pick up a saxophone in the first place and how music, especially jazz, has played an important role in his activist work. We discuss the role of multiracial unity and collective power in art and the ongoing fight for social justice in this country. Francis shares about his album with legendary drummer Max Roach and the record label he founded with composer and pianist Jon Jang, Asian Improv Arts. We also play excerpts from Francis' extensive musical works. REFERENCES: Francis Wong - @franciswongsf Asian Improv aRts - https://asianimprov.org SONGS "Prayers for Melvin Truss" - https://asianamsmakingmusic.tumblr.com/post/55447694876/jon-jang-4-in-one-quartet-prayer-for-melvin “Pie Jesu" from Gabriel Faure's "Requiem" - https://youtube.com/watch?v=rnCKf1--leM "Meditation on Integration" - https://youtube.com/watch?v=rnCKf1--leM "Miyoshi Sketches" - https://youtube.com/watch?v=iBKV-B8Nf0c BACKGROUND INFO Chinese Exclusion Act - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act Joseph Pierce, Union Army Soldier - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Pierce_Chinese_Union_Army_Soldier_In_14th_Connecticut_Infantry_Regiment.jpg Black Arts Movement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arts_Movement Erhu instrument - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu

In this episode, we take stock of major news headlines from the latest police violence in Minnesota to the onslaught of voter suppression in Georgia and around the country. We also discuss Republican attacks on transgender rights as a part of their strategy to instill fear among their constituents by “othering” trans youth. We end with a song called “A Prayer for Melvin Truss” by Jon Jang and Francis Wong and we offer it as a prayer for Daunte Wright, George Floyd and the countless others killed by police violence. References: Melvin Truss public outcry: https://www.queersiliconvalley.org/melvin-truss-story/ "Prayer for Melvin Truss": https://myspace.com/francis.wong/music/song/prayer-for-melvin-truss-107352505-120817040 George Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd Daunte Wright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Daunte_Wright Virginia Delegate Marcia Price: http://www.delegatemarciaprice.com @PriceforDel95 #StopJimCrow2: https://www.stopjimcrow2.com Film HBO Documentary Exterminate All The Brutes: https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes Will Smith And Antoine Fuqua Explain Why They're Pulling Emancipation Movie Out Of Georgia In New Statement: https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2565716/will-smith-antoine-fuqua-explain-pulling-emancipation-movie-out-georgia-statement Articles Vox.com // German Lopez – Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/21497089/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-trial-police-prosecutions-black-lives-matter Brennan Center for Justice State Voting Bills Tracker 2021: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/state-voting-bills-tracker-2021 Congress Must Pass the ‘For the People Act’: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/congress-must-pass-people-act#s1-sf Politico.com // Nolan D. McCaskill and Zach Montellaro – All Eyes On Georgia. Again.: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/04/georgia-voting-law-479002 NYT// Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein – What Georgia’s Voting Law Really Does: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html NYT// Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti – Virginia, the Old Confederacy’s Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/virginia-voting-rights-northam.html Opinion: Roll Call // Sylvia Albert – Why Congress must pass HR1 and the John R. Lewis Rights Act: https://www.rollcall.com/2021/03/02/why-congress-must-pass-hr-1-and-the-john-r-lewis-voting-rights-act/ Washington Post // Michael Scherer – Zuckerberg and Chan to give another $100 million for local election administrators despite conservative pushback: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/zuckerberg-chan-elections-facebook/2020/10/12/0e07de94-0cba-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html Washington Post // Todd C. Frankel – More than 100 corporate executives hold call to discuss halting donations and investments to fight controversial voting bills: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/11/companies-voting-bills-states/ Anti-Trans News 19thnews.org // Kate Sosin – Arkansas lawmakers override governor’s veto of youth gender-affirming care: https://19thnews.org/2021/04/arkansas-governor-vetoes-ban-on-gender-affirming-medical-care-for-youth/ Senior White House official: Any attempt to discriminate against trans kids is ‘against the law’: https://19thnews.org/2021/03/reggie-greer-transgender-day-of-visibility/ Advocate.com // Trudy Ring – Reggie Greer Named White House Senior Adviser on LGBTQ+ Issues: https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/3/05/reggie-greer-named-white-house-senior-adviser-lgbtq-issues

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. PowerLeeGirls Hosts Miko Lee and Jalena Keane-Lee, a mother daughter team talk about issues in the API community.  What's spreading faster than coronavirus? Racist attacks against Asians. Tonight we discuss, Coronaracism. Guests include Dr. Winston Tseng from the Health Sciences and Ethnic Studies Departments of UC Berkeley and Cynthia Choi Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action. We talk facts, history, policy and what you can do to combat Coronaracism.   Community Calendar March 6 is opening reception for the  Reflections on Home exhibit at OACC. The show runs thru March 28. March 6 First Fridays at 945 ArtSpace in SF: featuring Jon Jang and Lenora Lee International Women's Day is March 8, at 6pm the Empowering Womxn of Color All Stars Night & Reception will be held at La Pena Cultural Center. We Are Here: Contemporary Art and Asian Voices in Los Angeles opens on Friday, March 13 from 6 – 8 pm and runs until June 14. March 14 is the 35th Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference at UC Berkeley. March 14 3pm Celebrate Women's History Month with Poetry Reading and Open Mic at EastWind Books in Berkeley. March 15 & 22 Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour March 21 11am-4pm Chinese Americans in Support of Tsuru for Solidarity Free Guided Arts Workshop – art making to close detention camps and ICE All of these events are wheelchair accessible. The post APEX Express – March 5, 2020 – Coronaracism appeared first on KPFA.

As jazz was born where cultures converged, it's not a surprise that it is the most adaptable form of music. An art form permeable since its very inception to musical traditions from other continents. This week we focus on the contribution of musicians that approached jazz and improvised music benefiting from the wider perspective afforded to them by the exposure to not only American culture but also the traditions of the places of origin of their families, which hailed from Asian countries like China, India, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. The playlist features Susie Ibarra, Cuong Vu, Ben Kono, Amir ElSaffar, Fred Ho, Amirtha Kidambi, Edge, Peggy Chew, Rajna Swaminathan, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rez Abbasi, Jon Jang, Jen Shyu, Tomas Fujiwara, Taylor Ho Bynum, Jon Irabagon, Miles Okazaki, Ha-Yang Kim. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/8609813/Mondo-Jazz Photo credit: Peter Gannushkin http://downtownmusic.net

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Host Powerleegirls – Miko Lee and Ayame Keane-Lee speak with API musicians using music for social change. Milck speaks about her song Quiet which went viral at the Women's March. Jon Jang fills us in about his latest work Pledge of Black Asian Allegiance. We end with an update from Mauna Kea where singer Hāwane Rios has been leading the protest movement through song and dance. We also hear an update from California College of the Arts Professor Huma Dar about the media black out in Kashmir.   Community Calendar SATURDAY August 17, 4 PM Stand With Kashmir – Bay Area Protest, San Francisco Ferry Building     The post APEX Express – August 15, 2019- Music for Movements appeared first on KPFA.

Happy birthday to us - sixth birthday, to be exact. What better way to celebrate than digging into six sextets like they were delicious pieces of cake? And if anyone has the complete run of John Zorn birthday cd's (all five-hundred of 'em), please let Mike or your therapist know. Jeremy Pelt – INSIGHT; Jon Jang – TWO FLOWERS ON A STEM; Lester Young – SEXTET 1939; John Kirby – COMPLETE SEXTET RECORDINGS DISC ONE; Albert Ayler – NEW YORK EYE AND EAR CONTROL; Bar Kokhba Sextet – 50th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION VOL 11 DISC TWO.

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Ching-In about their recent publication, recombinant. We got to talk about archive, language, history, and gender.  Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart's Traffic (Arktoi Books) and recombinant (Kelsey Street Press) and co-editor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities (South End Press; AK Press) and Here is a Pen: an Anthology of West Coast Kundiman Poets (Achiote Press). A Kundiman, Lambda, Watering Hole and Callaloo Fellow, they are part of the Macondo and Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation writing communities. Their work has appeared in The Best American Experimental Writing, The &NOW Awards 3: The Best Innovative Writing, and Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. They are a senior editor of The Conversant and poetry editor of the Texas Review. They serve on the Executive Board of Thinking Its Presence: Race, Advocacy, Solidarity in the Arts as the Director of Membership and Social Media. www.chinginchen.com Have a listen, spread the word! Artists and works mentioned in this episode: Ching-In's book recombinant Ching-In's book The Heart's Traffic The Peabody Essex Museum's collected artifacts of the basket and fan Milwaukee lynch mob information Cheng Chui Ping aka "Sister Ping"  Golden Venture Disaster Michael Lin's artwork at Peabody Essex Museum I Was Born with Two Tongues Tyehimba Jess's Olio  Syncopated Sonnets Kunidman Cathy Linh Che Wo Chan Jai Arun Ravine Trish Salah conference: Thinking as Presence, creative writing, race and the arts. CFS!   The Sound of Waves Breaking this week is from Jon Jang and the Pan-Asian Arkestra's "Night in Tunisia," just in case you're curious.    This episode was edited by Mitchel Davidovitz, whose sound project you can find here on bandcamp    

This is a Black Arts and Culture Site. 1. San Francisco Arts Festival 2016 is May 19-June 5: Joining us are: Genny Lim (artist), Andrew Wood (Executive Director, SFIAF), Charlie Levin (artist), Jon Jang (artist). sfiaf.org 2. Alice Aziza Jefferson, Artistic Director of Sankofa Akili Dance Ensemble, speaks about the 2016 Spring Benefit, Apr. 30 at DeFremery Recreation Center, Lil Bobby Hutton Park, 1651 Adeline Street, in Oakland. She is first generation West Oaklander, Founder & Artistic Director of The Sankofa Akili Dance Ensemble. She founded the dance company in 1998 to pay tribute to the artistic legacy of her mentor Ms. Akili Denianke, under whom she studied at CSU-Hayward and elsewhere as a member of the Harambee Dance Ensemble. It is the mentorship of Ms. Denianke that she attributes the clarity she has attained regarding her life purpose. Info: 510-735-5150. 3.  L. Peter Callender and Leontyne Mbele-Mbong join us to speak about ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA — which closes the African American Shakespeare Company 2015-16 season. Shakespeare's epic love story — is set in modern day. Mark Antony has traded his power over an empire for the forbidden love of one woman, Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt. Jealousy, betrayal, death, and war cannot refute their undying love for each other. With award winning actors L. Peter Callender and Leontyne Mbele-Mbong in the title roles of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Visit http://www.african-americanshakes.org/productions/antony-and-cleopatra/  

Today we are celebrating the life of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, a man who epitomizes transformation and revolutionary thought born May 19, 2011, (1925-1965). We are joined by friends and family who knew and admired him. Confirmed are: A. Peter Bailey, author, journalist, friend of Brother Malcolm, and Yusufu Mosley, activist, and practitioner of African-Centered Restorative Justice. We are also joined by scholar, artist, writer, teacher, Amiri Baraka. We close with an interview with Abraham Burton, who is headlining the Tenth Annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival, Saturday, May 21, 2011 at San Antonio Park. The Abraham Burton Trio performs at Eastside Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA   94606, Sunday: May 22, 2011, 6PM-two sets. Admission is $15. For more information: 510/533-6629 We open with "Eleanor  Bumpurs" featuring Jon Jang Sextet (David Murray, tenor saxophone: James Newton, flute; Chen Jiebing, erhu; Jon Jang, piano; Santi Debriano, double bass; Billy Hart, multiple percussion.  The work speaks to an African American grandmother who was murdered by the Bronx police for not paying her rent on time continuing the long history of legal lynching or as Amiri Baraka once broadly described as the Sisyphus Syndrome, the repeated pattern that is a sustained upward trend bred of fierce struggle and broad unity and then blunted and periodically turned around socially, politicially economically, by political reaction, social repression, VIOLENCE and most of all white supremacy reasserting itself. Alan DeWayne Blueford was an 18-year-old senior at Skyline High School, preparing to graduate in June. He was the youngest son of Adam Blueford Sr. and Jeralynn Brown Blueford. During the early morning hours of May 6, 2012, Alan was murdered by an officer – whose name has yet to be released – with the Oakland Police Department. His family is now seeking justice for his death. .

Today in honor of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz's birthday today, May 19, 2011, we want to pause and reflect on his legacy with those inspired by his tireless zeal and push for justice. Confirmed guests are: Grace C. Stanislaus, Executive Director, Museum of the African Diaspora; author, Sharon G. Flake whose latest book is, You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems about Boys; Adwoa Kudoto, a drummer & teacher from Cape Coast, Ghana (West Africa), joins Emani Dawson Bey, "Liberation Theatre." Both women have shows at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley, May 20 & May 25. Visit www.lapena.org We close with a conversation with musician/scholars: Anthony Brown, Jon Jang, and Marcus Shelby to talk about a Soundtrack for a Revolutioninspired by Bother Malcolm. All the excerpts from speeches are available on line at: http://www.archive.org/details/Malcolm_X (great website),http://www.brothermalcolm.net/mxwords/whathesaidarchive.html We also play part of Leon Thomas's "Malcolm's Gone."

Rebroadcast from October 24, 2008: Today we highlighted the Black Panther Party, Oakland Community School, the first charter school in the State of CA and a model promoted by then Gov.Jerry Brown--yes, unbelievable that this same man, as CA Attorney Gen. is promoting the trial of the SF8. We had Billy X, itsabouttimebpp.com, Melvin Dixon, the Commemorator and the Lil' Bobby Hutton Literacy Program and Naomi Banks, former student on the air. "The Down Memory Lane Reunion," is 10/25, 12-5, at the old school site: 6118 International Blvd., Oakland. We also had Naima and Alixa, climblingpoetree.com who have a new show: Hurricane Season, Oct. 24-25, at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., in Berkeley, 7:00 doors, 7:30 show. They will also take "Hurricane Season," to Cell Space in SF, 10/30, 7:00 doors, 7:30 show. They are performing poetry at the "Wonders of Cannibis" Festival its second day, 10/26, which also features Dead Prez, at Golden Gate Park in SF, CA. My other guests were, Avotcja & Modupue, which features musician Jon Jang, and others, performing at the Jazz School, in downtown Berkeley, Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Next was guest, Shara K. Lange, whose film, "The Way North," about a Morrocan sports photographer, Fatima Rhazi, turned activist for women's rights in France, screens at 2 p.m. at the Shattuck Cinemas, in Berkeley, 10/25. It's a part of the "12th Arab Film Festival" www.aff.org. We closed with a great conversation with Black Panther Party Chairman,and co-founder, Bobby Seale, ESCC co-founder, Greg Morozumi, and the author of the book, "The Snake Dance," about the Second Annual Third World Book Festival at ESCC, 12-6 p.m. Oct.25-26, at 2277 International Blvd. in Oakland. Visit http://wandaspicks.com

Dave Davidson, director, "A Place out of Time: The Bordentown School which premieres on PBS Mon., May 24, 2010, 10:00 PM local time; Carolyn Brandy, percussionist, composer, performer, and educator. Her most recent projects include: OJALÁ, which is a vocal and percussion creative ensemble that mixes Cuban and American song forms and the "BORN TO DRUM" Women's Drum Camp July 4th weekend. Carolyn has been a drummer and student of Cuban folkloric music for over 40 years. She has been a practitioner of the Yoruba-based Cuban religion, Regla de Ocha, also known as Santeria, since 1977. She was initiated as a priest of the religion in Havana, Cuba by Amelia Pedroso in 2000. Genny Lim's "Where is Tibet," is featured at the "Kyegudo Earthquake Benefit," Thursday, June 3, 2010, @ the Berkeley Fellowship Universalists Unitarians, 1924 Cedar @ Bonita, Berkeley, CA, (510) 841-4824. Lim has recorded poetry/music collaborations have included jazz greats, Max Roach, Herbie Lewis, Francis Wong and Jon Jang. She's performed at jazz festivals from San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego to Houston and Chicago and has been a featured poet at World Poetry Festivals in Venezuela, 2005, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 2007 and Naples, Italy, 2009. her performance piece, "Where is Tibet?" premiered at CounterPULSE, S.F., Dec. 2009. She is author of two poetry collections and adjunct faculty at CIIS. Francis Wong saxophonist, a prolific recording artist, and is featured on more than forty titles as a leader and sideman. Asian Improv aRts, an organization he co-founded with Jon Jang is a vehicle Wong channels his work as performing artist, youth mentor, composer, artistic director, community activist, non-profit organization manager, consultant, music producer, and academic lecturer.We close with Sara Sheldon Mann, director/healer, whose "Tribes/Dominion" continues at YBCA's Novellus Theatre, 3rd and Howard, in San Francisco May 20-22, 8 PM, (415) 431-9167.

A compilation of audio from speakers and muscians at Gina Hotta's public memorial services held at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. With the Rev Mike Yoshii, Ann Hotta, Jeff Chang, Greg Morozumi, Brenda Wong-Aoki, Jon Jang, Dohee Lee and others. MC'd by Wayie Ly and Weyland Southen. The post APEX Express – October 29, 2009 appeared first on KPFA.

Today we highlighted the Oakland Community School, the first charter school in the State of CA and a model promoted by then Gov.Jerry Brown--yes, unbelievable that this same man, as CA Attorney Gen. is promoting the trial of the SF8. We had Billy X, itsabouttimebpp.com, Melvin Dixon, the Commemorator and the Lil' Bobby Hutton Literacy Program and Naomi Banks, former student on the air. "The Down Memory Lane Reunion," is 10/25, 12-5, at the old school site: 6118 International Blvd., Oakland. We also had Naima and Alixa, climblingpoetree.com who have a new show: Hurricane Season, Oct. 24-25, at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., in Berkeley, 7:00 doors, 7:30 show. They will also take "Hurricane Season," to Cell Space in SF, 10/30, 7:00 doors, 7:30 show. They are performing poetry at the "Wonders of Cannibis" Festival its second day, 10/26, which also features Dead Prez, at Golden Gate Park in SF, CA. My other guests were, Avotcja & Modupue, which features musician Jon Jang, and others, performing at the Jazz School, in downtown Berkeley, Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Next was guest, Shara K. Lange, whose film, "The Way North," about a Morrocan sports photographer, Fatima Rhazi, turned activist for women's rights in France, screens at 2 p.m. at the Shattuck Cinemas, in Berkeley, 10/25. It's a part of the "12th Arab Film Festival" www.aff.org. We closed with a great conversation with Black Panther Party Chairman,and co-founder, Bobby Seale, ESCC co-founder, Greg Morozumi, and the author of the book, "The Snake Dance," about the Second Annual Third World Book Festival at ESCC, 12-6 p.m. Oct.25-26, at 2277 International Blvd. in Oakland. Visit http://wandaspicks.com

Korean hostages: the response in Korea, impact on US relations in the war. Young musician finds voice on traditional Japanese instrument. Max Roach talks about a Jon Jang collaboration in rare interview. The post APEX Express – August 23, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.

Millennium Park: Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz Thursday, July 27: 6:30 pm Tatsu Aoki's re:ROOTED Project Jon Jang and Francis Wong, collaborators with Tatsu Aoki in re:Rooted project discuss the ideas which helped develop their conception of Asian Jazz. Tatsu Aoki's Re:ROOTED Project is the culmination of an exploration of Asian identity and cultural integration in three different communities. Marrying traditional and unconventional musical instruments and forms, the Re:ROOTED Project also blends the unique perspectives of older and younger generations of musicians. The concert features pianist Jon Jang and saxophonist Francis Wong.

Tatsu Aoki talks about the re:Rooted Project, which his ensemble will perform Thursday, July 27: 6:30 pm at Millennium Park as part of the Millennium Park: Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz series,featuring special guests Jon Jang and Francis Wong.