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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 - 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.