Haruna Fukazawa Quartet

Sun, Feb 02

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Haruna Fukazawa Quartet! Haruna Fukazawa – Flute Ross Margitza – Piano James Suter – Bass Brandon Guerra – Drums Haruna Fukazawa is a New York-based flutist and improviser, originally from Tokyo, where she studied classical music at the Musashino Academia Musicae. She started visiting New York City regularly to study with Frank Wess, and shortly after with his encouragement, she decided to move to New York. Haruna’s straightforward, joyful, and powerful playing style is inspired most by her legendary teacher and mentor, Frank Wess. After she arrived in the United States, her career continues to evolve as she works in a variety of groups. Of note is her involvement with legendary jazz improvisational pioneer Karl Berger. She had been a member of Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra. She has performed in some of the most prestigious venues, among them the Blue Note, Carnegie Hall, The Stone, The 55 Bar, The Bitter End, The Nash and the Edge fest. In 2024, she was invited as a guest improved soloist for Tango Orchestra of the National University of the Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also, Haruna is a multi-time winner of the National Flute Association. Her leader quintet released the album from Summit Records in 2019. It was ranked in 50 on Jazz Week. She was also featured on the cover of the Hot House Jazz Magazine. In addition as an improviser, she gave workshops on free improvisation at the NFA convention (2023), the New York Flute Fair (2024), and The International Low Flutes Festival (2024) “Ms. Fukazawa has continually amazed me with her ability to create strikingly distinctive styles, always a leap ahead of the hottest and conservative trends. She brings an exceptional level of creativity and technical ability and always surpasses expectations. She is an inspiration and her stylistic genius is of tremendous value" - Frank Wess “This album affirms that a flute-led group can be as viable as more conventional from lines” - Hot House Jazz Magazine “For a flutist to go head-to-head with a soprano saxophone in a bop milieu takes a lot of guts and in those contexts and contests Fukazawa is exceptional.” - New York Jazz Records Please Note: This is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Cold bottles of still and sparkling water will be available for purchase, but this event is BYOB. Ice will be available if needed, wine keys and 9oz cups provided! 22 free parking spaces onsite are first-come-first-serve. Doors at 7:45pm, Show at 8pm.