Takuya Kuroda

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.

Takuya Kuroda
Background information
Born (1980-02-21) 21 February 1980
Tokyo, Japan
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, arranger
Instrumentstrumpet
LabelsBlue Note, Concord
Websitetakuyakuroda.com


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 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 and got his degree in 2006. His study colleague has been José James who became his close friend and musical partner and even produced the 2014 Rising Son studio album.

Discography

Studio albums

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) - Omnibus album with Akihiro Nishiguchi, May Inoue, Jun Miyakawa, Ai Kuwabara, Ryuta Tsunoda, Tomo Kanno, Shun Ishiwaka
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References
  1. トランペッター　黒田卓也. Yomitime (in Japanese). 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  2. Information at National Public Radio
  3. Informationen auf der Webpräsenz Kurodas
  4. "about". takuyakuroda.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-05-31.


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