Takuya Kuroda - Car 16 15 A

“Car 16 15 A” is taken from the forthcoming album “EVERYDAY”.
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Written By Takuya Kuroda
Takuya Kuroda : Trumpet, Synthesizer, Rhodes
Craig Hill : Tenor Sax
Akira Ishiguro：Guitar
Rashaan Carter : Bass
David Frazier : Drums
Takafumi Nikaido : Percussions
Produced by Takuya Kuroda
Recorded & Mixed by Todd Carder at Bunker Studio in Brooklyn NY
Mastered By Nathan James at Vault Mastering Studio Inc.
Video：
NYC UNIT
director / dop - Haruna Azumi
gaffer - Shu Hirayama
camera operator - Amin Shaikh
production support - Edwin Reyes
Special Thanx：
The Air Building
Luna Luna
Edo
Shu
Amin
Kazuki
David
Craig
Izumin
Martha
Akira Ishiguro
Nikaido
Miracle Mistland
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Kobe-born, Brooklyn-based trumpeter Takuya Kuroda’s eight studio album, Everyday is a stunning demonstration of his dedication and skill. Since the release of his soulful seventh album , 2022’s Midnight Crisp -- a record praised by PopMatters as a “future classic” -- Kuroda has not missed a beat. In his desire to achieve the “perfect blend of production and organic performance” the 45-year-old musician has continued to throw himself into his practice daily, nearly thirty years into his musical life. Everyday builds on and dives ever deeper into the hip hop and neo-soul elements of his previous work. It is a triumph of genre-blending modern jazz. Kuroda’s playing is sure-footed and pure -- whether on the horn, synth, or Rhodes-- and he virtuosically dances among infectious rhythms of his own creation.
Kuroda’s twenty-one years in the United States have been fruitful. After studying composition at The New School, he began performing with DJ Premier’s Badder Band, Jose James and Akoya Afrobeat, and has recorded as a sideman and bandleader for records on the likes of Blue Note and Concord. But as Kuroda himself says, “the only way to make the music that I want to make is to work hard, every day.” And so we have Everyday, a title which reflects, as Kuroda puts it, “that simple message.”
There is a certain duality to the title that taps into something profound about this music. “Everyday” of course means both daily and commonplace. While Kuroda’s music is anything but average, there is something about the intrinsic and embedded nature of the day-to-day, the incidental rhythms of life, that is reflected and seductively expounded on here. Kuroda describes the process of recording Everyday like this: “Make tracks at home, bring them to the studio, add or replace sounds, invite musicians, repeat the process to polish the track -- as I hear it.” There is both a no-nonsense work ethic here and also a sort of embeddedness, an everydayness, that Kuroda achieves through this practice which perhaps cannot be accessed if one simply waits to get to the studio to begin work. Kuroda builds, tweaks, plays and polishes until what’s coming through the speakers matches what’s been playing in his head everyday. This is exactly what ensures Kuroda’s skillful synthesis of influences which Dean Van Nguyen noted while reviewing 2020’s Fly Moon Die Soon for Pitchfork. One is left with that sense that Kuroda has been tapping it all out everywhere he goes, drumming his fingers on the diner counter, shuffling his feet along the pathway in the park, manifesting the rhythms of his mind. “Groove,” Kuroda says, “is the foundation for all the tracks on Everyday.”
And atop that strong foundation, brought to life by the energy of David Frazier’s drumming, Kuroda’s shimmering lyricism dances all over Everyday. His trumpet playing pops and weaves and rings on the title track and his melodies are, as he puts it, “singable” -- profoundly so on
the album closer, “Curiosity,” on which Kuroda trades trumpet for flugelhorn. Before that, “Bad Bye” is a glittering and classic sounding neo soul effort, featuring a stunning performance from vocalist FiJA. It’s as though Kuroda plucked this track from a dream of Mama’s Gun -- but, unmistakably, it’s Kuroda’s dream and so the song is Kuroda’s, entirely. Likewise with “Iron Giraffe,” in which Kuroda makes space for tenor saxophonist Craig Hill to weave a contemporary reverie of Night Music.
Everyday is hyperaware of a panoply of old ideas and a pantheon of old gods but as Kuroda engages these tropes and personalities day in and day out, he turns it all around in a style that’s undeniably cool and personal. As Pitchfork put it, “Kuroda’s skill is not drawing influence from so many different forms, it’s radiating joy in doing so.” And as Kuroda puts it, “I’m still learning everyday and trying to express myself more clearly in the form of music that I love.” It’s this sterling dedication that makes Takuya Kuroda and Everyday anything but commonplace.

[@RebeccaH111]

去年のLAライブの時に聞いてからこの曲がリリースされるのをずっと楽しみに待っていました！🙌🙌🙌

[@fives.]

babe, wake up, Takuya just dropped napalm

[@neocolors]

Was waiting for this to drop since the concert in Vienna!

[@aiasada7911]

Gee, fabulous unbeatable beat pushes me forward!Can't wait for the new album🔥

[@chanmaki909]

東京とNYCがMixされた疾走感溢れるカッコイイMV🏃‍♂️🎺🚄✨️間に合って良かった～と私も安堵しました👏😆

[@MelodyJ_123]

Nice combination of smooth and mellow jazz mixed in with some upbeat, quick tempos. I love it❤!!

[@robinw3175]

Cool!!! Dramatic,poetic,funky,dope,urban flavor, exciting,flow of a river..!!! I can’t describe his new passion with only words. Thank you very much, Mr.Takuya Kuroda!! I have no doubt that this music will definitely be my buddy which is like encouraging my challenges. I’m looking forward to seeing you and listening to your passion at concerts!! 🙏🔥

[@Kurrency1911]

One of the most distinct sounds in Jazz … Been rocking with TK since Rising Son !!! Can’t wait for this new album

[@d4mdcykey]

Absolutely, Rising Son remains to this day on my regular favorite rotation of playlist albums.

[@wholly88]

Thank you, Takuya for always delivering the funk! ❤

[@angelocolbert3088]

Yo this is hot 🔥

[@gradinkanga1502]

Firee🔥🔥

[@beocezet]

craaazy shit! 🔥

[@not_busy_hope]

한국 와조라....너무 좋다요

[@ookiiani]

Love love love this. Can't wait for the rest of the album!

[@bexiexz]

so so dreamy i love this

[@cathyu.1487]

New Album! Saw you live in Northampton, Massachusetts - you and your band were amazing. The person playing your keys is off the charts! Looking forward to this new album so much.

[@sillohmas]

straight 🔥

[@Jwinius]

Pretty good stuff!

[@atchikotch]

クリアな音が映像でますます映えます❤ミュージシャンの方々がしっかり写っているのもうれしいな😊'Car1615A'の魅力が何倍にも増幅されますね〜🎉🎉💫

[@Osatooo17]

めっちゃ走ってる！！🚄🏃💨 アルバムが楽しみです！！！

[@johnger850305]

🔥🔥🔥

[@LucasDavid13]

Tenes que tocar en Argentina y comerte un asado

[@aroopi]

Beautiful track. But I find the video distracting! I shall stick to YT Music 🙂