Jazz Articles about Nanami Haruta

About Nanami Haruta

Album Review

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Around the World with U

Read "Around the World with U" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 8, 2026

Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. has a keen eye and ear for talent, which is obvious from the first notes of Around the World with U, his second recording as leader of the Art Blakey-style quintet, Generation Y. When marshaling the ensemble, Owens chose his teammates with care, and they repay his confidence by producing a splendid album that pleases from start to finish. If the aspirants had to pass an exam before the hire, there could be no ...

Radio & Podcasts

Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds, Nanami Haruta, Jim Snidero, Rodney Whitaker and more

by Benjamin Boddie
March 5, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds, Nanami Haruta, Jim Snidero, Coleman Mellett, Yellowjackets, Mark Scott lll, La Banda Ramirez, Rodney Whitaker, Brent Javis, Yuval Cohen, Chacho Ramirez, Josiah Boornazian, Billy Hart, Elaine Dame, Dimitri Nassar, Ben Markley, Ben Paterson, Richard Baratta, Dave Stryker, Darryl Yokley, MTB, Jeremy Pelt, Carl Allen, Fred Hersch, Joe Alterman, and more. Playlist Nick Hempton “Soy Califa" from Horns Locked (Cellar Music Group) 00:00 Nanami Haruta “Sister Rosa" from ...

Album Review

Nanami Haruta: The Vibe

Read "The Vibe" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 14, 2025

The news of a trombonist fronting a small jazz ensemble brings the name J.J. Johnson (1924-2001) to mind. He pioneered that form of jazz expression. Before he stepped onto the scene the big brass horn stayed mainly in the background, eclipsed by trumpets and saxophones. Many have followed in Johnson's footsteps: Curtis Fuller, Steve Turre, Michael Dease. The door opened, and a slew of talent stepped across the threshold. This brings us to Nanami Haruta, who ...

Liner Notes

Nanami Haruta: The Vibe

by Willard Jenkins
February 8, 2025

Unlike other members of the family of western instruments, the ranks of the trombone are a bit exclusive--perhaps even more exclusive in the art of the improvisers, the jazz landscape. Which is yet more reason to celebrate the arrival of a new trombone voice in jazz music. Her name is Nanami Haruta and she arrives at this debut recording moment from Sapporo in the Hokkaido prefecture, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. Hokkaido is known for its volcanoes--perhaps explaining Nanami's ...

Album Review

Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill

Read "Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 11, 2024

Even though all but unsung outside his customary locale, Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill has drawn into his orbit a small but well-respected circle of jazz artists including bassist Rodney Whitaker, guitarist Randy Napoleon and trombonist Michael Dease, all of whom have recorded albums dedicated to Hill's diverse and sophisticated music. Found in Space is Dease's second homage to Hill, with a third one in the planning stages. Hill's compositions, which traverse the spectrum from straight-on jazz to ...

Album Review

Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill

Read "Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
October 16, 2024

Leaving a legacy in this life is a subject that holds different meanings for people. For some, it involves building a structure of permanence that will stand up to the test of time after one's entrance into eternity. For others, it is more fleeting, something that can be shaped and reshaped, and if desired, completely torn down. For some it is a function of building a monument to oneself. For others, like Central Michigan composer/arranger Gregg Hill, it is a ...

Liner Notes

Michael Dease: Found in Space - The Music of Gregg Hill

by Bill Milkowski
August 9, 2024

The title itself is revealing. A clever play on words of the old '60s sci-fi show Lost in Space, it immediately suggests an irreverent wit and slightly twisted perspective; qualities that also permeate the unique music of prolific Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill. How this fairly obscure presence on the national music scene has managed to garner such a fervent following remains a mystery to those of us outside the Great Lakes State. Converts include bassist-educator Rodney Whitaker, Director ...