Takuya Kuroda
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Background information | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 21 February 1980
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, arranger |
Instrument | trumpet |
Labels | Blue Note, Concord |
Website | takuyakuroda.com |
Takuya Kuroda (Japanese: 黒田 卓也, Hepburn: Kuroda Takuya, born 21 February 1980, in Ashiya, Hyōgo)[1][2][3] [4] is a Japanese jazz trumpeter and arranger.
Kuroda came to music by joining his school's big band. Later he frequently visited jam sessions in Kobe. In 2003 he moved to the United States and was a course participant at Berklee College of Music before settling in Brooklyn, New York City. At the much less expensive College of Performing Arts of The New School he studied Jazz and Contemporary Music, earning his degree in 2006. His study colleague José James became a close friend and musical partner, in 2014 producing his studio album Rising Son.
Discography
Studio albums
- Bitter and High (CD Baby, 2010)
- Edge (CD Baby, 2011)
- Six Aces (P-Vine, 2013)
- Rising Son (Blue Note, 2014)
- Zigzagger (Concord, 2016)
- Fly Moon Die Soon (First Word Records, 2020)
As sideman
- José James, Blackmagic (Brownswood Recordings, 2010)
- José James, No Beginning No End (Blue Note, 2013)
- José James, While You Were Sleeping (Blue Note, 2014)
Other appearances
- Blue Note Voyage (Blue Note, 2019) - Compilation album with Akihiro Nishiguchi, May Inoue , Jun Miyakawa, Ai Kuwabara, Ryuta Tsunoda, Tomo Kanno, Shun Ishiwaka
References
- ^ トランペッター 黒田卓也. Yomitime (in Japanese). 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ Information at National Public Radio
- ^ Informationen auf der Webpräsenz Kurodas
- ^ "about". takuyakuroda.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-05-31.