Another headliner at Brick Jazz Fest is Japanese-born Brooklyn-based trumpeter Takuya Kuroda.

The first thing that comes to my mind is welcoming people.

That's always, you know, the first thing that comes, you know, nice melody and nice groove.

So, you know, I just want to embrace, you know, anybody to my music.

That's my first concept for sure.

my big idol

growing up in Japan was Clifford Brown.

All the time, that's...