Recordings
PUBLICATIONS, RECORDINGS AND FILM
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Legend of Morning Glory, 2009, CD
Kabuki taiko oratorio by Brenda Wong Aoki, Music composed by Mark Izu, performed by Mark Izu, Christopher Yohmei (shakuhachi) and Maze Daiko (taiko). Legend of Morning Glory is a story from the Kabuki about a rich girl and a poor boy, who promise to love each other forever.
Mermaid Meat: The Secret to Immortality, 2007, Book and CD: Obsessive greed, crimes of passion, abuse of power; today’s headlines are the stuff of ghost stories. Mermaid Meat: the Secret to Immortality and other Japanese Ghost Stories features four powerful tales that explore the dilemmas of life that people around the world have grappled with since the beginning of time.
The Queens Garden
The Queen’s Garden, 1999, CD “This soul-stirring coming-of-age disc by Brenda Wong Aoki shouldn’t be missed by fans of spoken word. The first-person love story of Brenda Jean–a girl of uniquely mixed heritage (Asian, Mexican, and Scottish)–is backed by a melting jazz soundtrack courtesy of bassist-composer Mark Izu. The west side of Los Angeles is the setting here, but it’s Aoki’s autobiographical narrative that steals each scene. Her love for Kali, a boy descended from Hawaiian royalty, takes its own course, and Aoki’s jazz inspired pacing makes this 71-minute disc ebb and flow with a power all its own. –Jason Verlinde, Amazon.com
Tales of the Pacific Rim: Dreams and Illusions, CD, 1990
Asian-Pacific folk tales for the whole family. Scored with original music and traditional instruments.
Living on Tokyo Time, Steven Okazaki, 1987
No Way Out, Music Video, Jefferson Starship, Music Video of the Year, 1984
Layin’It on the Line, Music Video, Jefferson Starship, 1985
Random Acts, Mermaid Meat,Extreme Exposure: Solo theater from the 20th Century, Theatre Communications Group, New York, 2000.
The Queen’s Garden, Contemporary Plays by Women of Color. New York and London: Routledge, 1995.
Featured Storyteller in Oral Tradition through Time, a Curriculum Laser Disk. Houghton Mifflin/ McDougalLittell and Rymel Multimedia, 1996.
Black Hair:Some Japanese Ghosts, 1998
