New album "Plays at the Wrong Time"
Haruna Fukazawa Quintet
Haruna Fukazawa - Flute, Alto and flute
Steve Wilson - Soprano saxophone and Flute
David DeMotta - Piano
Bill Moring - Bass
Steve Johns - Drums
2026 Haruna Fukazawa (BMI)
OPR-0001
Orange Paw Records – 2026
Recorded on March 27, 2025 at Trading 8s Recording Studio
Album Producer: Haruna Fukazawa
Recording Engineer: Chris Sulit
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Akihiro Nishimura
Art Design & Direction: Akihiro Watanabe
Photography: Yuki Tanaka
Makeup: Mizuki Sakai
Hair: Yuki Tanaka / Yui Tanaka
Haruna Fukazawa - Flute, Alto and flute
Steve Wilson - Soprano saxophone and Flute
David DeMotta - Piano
Bill Moring - Bass
Steve Johns - Drums
2026 Haruna Fukazawa (BMI)
OPR-0001
Orange Paw Records – 2026
Recorded on March 27, 2025 at Trading 8s Recording Studio
Album Producer: Haruna Fukazawa
Recording Engineer: Chris Sulit
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Akihiro Nishimura
Art Design & Direction: Akihiro Watanabe
Photography: Yuki Tanaka
Makeup: Mizuki Sakai
Hair: Yuki Tanaka / Yui Tanaka
Jazz Sensibilities
”Fukazawa’s solo unfolds as a connected musical conversation, each phrase growing logically from the last while leaving room for playful rhythmic turns and melodic surprises.......confirming Haruna Fukazawa as not only an engaging jazz flutist, but a composer whose strongest ideas continue shaping the music for the listener’s enjoyment.” by Icrom Bigrad
https://jazzsensibilities.com/jazz/haruna-fukazawa-plays-at-the-wrong-time-review/
Jazz2Love
”Her playing is customized and lyrical, resembling a glittering waterfall of sparkling tones and harmonic phrasing, producing a lively animation....Fukazawa's sound is distinctive and her playing is one of a kind. What Mary Lou Williams had been for piano-based jazz, Fukazawa is for flute-oriented swing." by Susan Frances
https://jazz2love.blogspot.com/2026/08/album-review-plays-at-wrong-time-from.html
BVS Reviews
”It is a fun, toe-tapping, smile-effecting original composition that showcases Haruna's flute playing. Haruna Fukazawa provides fantastic arrangements of great songs, and the original compositions are terrific. Plays at the Wrong Time only enhances my fascination with flute music.” by Bruce Von Stiers
http://www.bvsreviews.com/playsatthewrongtime.htm
Jazz2love
"Her playing is customized and lyrical, resembling a glittering waterfall of sparkling tones and harmonic phrasing."
https://jazz2love.blogspot.com/2026/08/album-review-plays-at-wrong-time-from.html
Exclusive Magazine
"Haruna opens her new recording on the joyfully souled Plays at the Wrong Time and then brings us the emotively willowy When I Fall in Love, the enjoyable Mellow Shadow and the impassioned Hot & Spicy, Sometimes Sweet." by Russell Trunck
https://annecarlini.com/ex_cd.php?id=7078
Paris Move
"The performances are consistently polished, technically assured, and beautifully recorded." by Thierry De Clemensat
English:
https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/haruna-fukazawa-plays-at-the-wrong-time/
French:
https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/haruna-fukazawa-plays-at-the-wrong-time-fr-review/
”Fukazawa’s solo unfolds as a connected musical conversation, each phrase growing logically from the last while leaving room for playful rhythmic turns and melodic surprises.......confirming Haruna Fukazawa as not only an engaging jazz flutist, but a composer whose strongest ideas continue shaping the music for the listener’s enjoyment.” by Icrom Bigrad
https://jazzsensibilities.com/jazz/haruna-fukazawa-plays-at-the-wrong-time-review/
Jazz2Love
”Her playing is customized and lyrical, resembling a glittering waterfall of sparkling tones and harmonic phrasing, producing a lively animation....Fukazawa's sound is distinctive and her playing is one of a kind. What Mary Lou Williams had been for piano-based jazz, Fukazawa is for flute-oriented swing." by Susan Frances
https://jazz2love.blogspot.com/2026/08/album-review-plays-at-wrong-time-from.html
BVS Reviews
”It is a fun, toe-tapping, smile-effecting original composition that showcases Haruna's flute playing. Haruna Fukazawa provides fantastic arrangements of great songs, and the original compositions are terrific. Plays at the Wrong Time only enhances my fascination with flute music.” by Bruce Von Stiers
http://www.bvsreviews.com/playsatthewrongtime.htm
Jazz2love
"Her playing is customized and lyrical, resembling a glittering waterfall of sparkling tones and harmonic phrasing."
https://jazz2love.blogspot.com/2026/08/album-review-plays-at-wrong-time-from.html
Exclusive Magazine
"Haruna opens her new recording on the joyfully souled Plays at the Wrong Time and then brings us the emotively willowy When I Fall in Love, the enjoyable Mellow Shadow and the impassioned Hot & Spicy, Sometimes Sweet." by Russell Trunck
https://annecarlini.com/ex_cd.php?id=7078
Paris Move
"The performances are consistently polished, technically assured, and beautifully recorded." by Thierry De Clemensat
English:
https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/haruna-fukazawa-plays-at-the-wrong-time/
French:
https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/haruna-fukazawa-plays-at-the-wrong-time-fr-review/