Takuya Kuroda
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.
Takuya Kuroda
- Name
- Takuya Kuroda
- Born
- 21 February 1980
- Birthplace
- Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan
- Occupation
- Musician, arranger
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- jazz
- Education
- Konan University · Konan Junior High School and High School · The New School
- Languages
- Japanese
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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.
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Biography
Biography
He later attended the College of Performing Arts of The New School, where 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.
Takuya Kuroda studied at Konan University, Konan Junior High School and High School and The New School. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brooklyn.
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Key facts
• Name — Takuya Kuroda • Born — 21 February 1980 • Birthplace — Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan • Instrument — trumpet • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician, arranger • Label — Blue Note, Concord • Website — takuyakuroda.com born 21 February 1980, in Ashiya, Hyōgo is a Japanese jazz trumpeter and arranger.
As leader
As leader
• 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, 2020) • Midnight Crisp (First Word, 2022) • Everyday (PPK Records, 2025)
As sideman
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
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
Life and career
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Life and career
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1980
Takuya Kuroda born at Ashiya.
2016
Takuya Kuroda - R.S.B.D (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- “Takuya Kuroda”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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