Takuya Kuroda- Fly Moon Die SoonA highly respected trumpeter born in Kobe, Japan, Takuya is a forward thinking musician that has developed a unique hybrid sound, blending soulful jazz, funk, post bop, fusion and hip hop music. After following the footsteps of his trombonist brother playing in big bands, he relocated to New York to study jazz & contemporary music at The New School in Union Square; a course he graduated from in the mid noughties. It was here that Takuya met vocalist

and the repeated cries of "thunder

laced with rhodes

Keith Richards

the "new" track "You Know You're Right" is great

groundbreaking

They trade in Contra's bright eclecticism for a less audacious production style and smaller instrumental palette: guitar

Roddy Ricch

Know Your Onion

Sour is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo

Takuya was signed to the legendary Blue Note Records in 2014 for his album 'Rising Son'

it features what KV has called “Probably the single most special musical moment in my life” – a duet with the late John Prine on the songwriter’s well-loved tune

Maurice Seezer