Takuya Kuroda Friday June 19th 2026 9:00PM | Fourth Stage, National Arts Centre Vendredi 19 juin 2026, 21 h | Quatrième Salle, Centre national des Arts

Genres: jazz, funk, post-bop, neo-soulRIYL: Makaya McCraven, Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Soulquarian collective, Night Music, Thundercat, Robert Glasper, Erykah Badu Kobe-born, Brooklyn-based trumpeter Takuya Kuroda is dedicated, and his eighth studio record, Everyday (out Feb. 28, 2025) is proof of that. Since the release of his soulful seventh effort, 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.…