Takayu Kuroda: Rising Son

Takayu Kuroda

Rising Son

Blue Note/Universal The opening title track kicks in and you might want to think of those last few Miles Davis albums - especially Doo-Bop - because, you know, this is a trumpet in a vaguely hip-hop setting, but Rising Son is a journey through R’n’B by hard-working Japanese-born, New York-based trumpet player, Takayu Kuroda. He ar…