Artist:Takuya Kuroda
Song:Mala
Album:Rising Son
Japanese jazz trumpeter Takuya Kuroda is best known for appearing on albums by popular singer Jose James. Those appearances led to this 2014 album on Blue Note. He was born Feb. 21, 1980 in Kobe, Japan. His older brother plays trombone. So Kuroda followed him into the local music scene. After studying in Japan, Kuroda moved to the US to study at Berklee in Boston. And that's where he met Jose James. Then he moved to New York City to study at New School. Then he got into the local club scene playing with guys like Junior Mance and Greg Tardy. Kuroda first recorded three albums on his own label. At the same time, he appeared on a couple of Jose James albums. And that got him a deal with Blue Note for the 2014 album Rising Son. Kuroda wrote most of the songs including Mala. Musicians are Kris Bowers on piano, Solomon Dorsey on bass and Nate Smith on drums. Bowers is in NEXT Collective. Dorsey is in Trio of OZ. Smith has been in Dave Holland's band. Jose James and Lionel Loueke make guest appearances. Though he doesn't appear on Mala, Corey King plays trombone on most of the album. He also sings and he still works with Kuroda. Rising Son is available as a digital download. Since then Kuroda recorded for Concord. And his latest album Fly Moon Die Soon was released in 2020 on the British label First Word. Here's Takuya Kuroda performing Mala in Japan July 2020. Unfortunately the musicians are not identified.
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