Haruka Kikuchi
Japan: New Orleans Collection Series
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Color: Neon Orange | Weight: 180 Gram
Haruka Kikuchi, the great young Japanese trombonist who settled in New Orleans in 2014, has been busy both as a record producer and as a player in the last couple of years. She has produced a series of recordings under the general title ‘JAPAN: NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION’.
What has happened is this:
several of her Japanese jazzing colleagues have visited her in New Orleans and she has taken advantage of the opportunity to get them into a New Orleans recording studio, together with some of the local musicians, in order to record a few tunes. — U.K. Ivan in Nottingham
This dream project will be the bridge to the next generation between Japan and New Orleans.
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Trombonist Haruka Kikuchi was born in Japan and always had a knack and a love for music, listening to as much of it as she could at a young age as well as picking up instruments like piano and violin.
It wasn’t until she heard an old recording of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band that she decided to pick up a Trombone, a decision that would predicate her later move to New Orleans, where the birthplace of Jazz.
Since she came to New Orleans, she has been playing with Shotgun Jazz Band, Shake’Em Up Jazz Band, Preservation Hall All Stars, Kermit Ruffins and many more local musicians both within and outside the country, festivals like North Sea Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Jazz Festival etc. Also she was a nominated member for 61st Grammy Awards, Best Regional Roots Music Album with Cha Wa’s album “SpyBoy”.
In April 2020, a new compilation Album from her project【Japan: New Orleans Collection Series】came out and is now available.
Tracklisting
Side A
1. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
2. By and By
3. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
4. Buddy Bolden’s Blues
5. Give It Up
Side B
6. The Mooch
7. Gettysburg March
8. Mama Inez
9. Louisiana Fairytale
10. My Indian Red
| Format | LP, Monthly Selections |
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| Weight | 16 oz |
| Dimensions | 12 × 12 × 1 in |
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| SKU | HK-01 |
