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.