Roy Hargrove

Born: Oct 16, 1969 in Waco, TX
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Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, M-Base, Latin Jazz, Techno
Biography: Roy Hargrove is a hard bop-oriented musician (and acclaimed "Young Lion") who became one of America's premier trumpeters during the late 1980s and beyond. A fine, straight-ahead player who spent his childhood years in Texas, Hargrove met trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis in 1987, when the latter musician ...Read full biography
Earfood
Released: 2008
Label: Universal Int'l
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The now mature jazz trumpeter/composer/bandleader Roy Hargrove, who has been utterly masterful since the beginning of his career, has been involved with various all-star bands, neo-fusion outfits, and ...Read full review
With The Tenors Of Our Time
Released: 1993
Label: Verve Records
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Trumpeter Roy Hargrove has the opportunity of a lifetime on this recording, sharing separate songs with five great tenors: Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, and Stanley Turrentine. ...Read full review
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