Writer/actor Brenda Wong Aoki, and her creative partner bassist/composer Mark Izu, will perform with Grammy-nominated multi-percussionist Anthony Brown, natori koto master Shoko Hikage, 2010 Best Latin Jazz flutist Mas Koga, vocalist Moy Eng and Janet Koike with PJ Hirabayashi on taiko, as well as guest performer, Sri Lankan writer Nayomi Munaweera at 5 p.m. at Yoshi’s Jazz Club, 1330 Fillmore St. just outside of S.F.’s Japantown. Tickets: $15 advance, $25 door; www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco/jazzclub/artist/show/1519 or (415) 655-5600.