I have the opportunity to sit down with Kazunori Tanaka and chat about his pursuit of music across his life and career and his inspirations for living a life in music. We talk about his father's musical legacy and connection to playing trumpet as a career as well as his inspirations to moving to Dallas Fort Worth for his master's in Jazz Studies from UNT in order to follow in the steps of his favorite trumpeter Roy Hargrove. We also talk about being a student of music while still balancing having fun, playing with RC & The Gritz and his band Texas Sloth Loincloth, and more.

Keep up with Kazu by following his Instagram @kazutanakatp