Roy Hargrove

Roy Hargrove ( born October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas) is an American jazz and funk trumpeter.

Roy Hargrove was discovered by Wynton Marsalis, as these Hargrove attended high school in Dallas. Strong influence on Hargrove has exercised the saxophonist David " Fathead " Newman, who appeared along with Ray Charles at his high school. Hargrove 1988-1989 studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, but resigned at that time been to New York and eventually moved to the The New School in New York. There he made his first recordings with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. This was followed by recordings with Super Blue, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Washington. In 1990 his first solo album Diamond in the Rough.

Verve allowed Hargrove recorded with many jazz greats, including Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Johnny Griffin, Joshua Redman and Branford Marsalis. On behalf of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in 1993, he composed The Love Suite: In Mahogany.

Roy Hargrove has worked with a variety of musicians. In the beginning he played a lot with Shirley Horn (live as on plates ); He also took up with Kitty Margolis. At the moment, he often works with Erykah Badu ( with whom he also went to school ), Common, D' Angelo, Meshell Ndegeocello. Roy Hargrove won the 1998 Grammy Award for his album Habana with his Afro-Cuban band Crisol. In 2002, he won the Grammy for a second time. This time, along with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker for the album " Directions in Music".

Hargrove is the founder and leader of the band The RH Factor, where he combines elements of jazz, funk, hip hip, soul and gospel. In 2009, he presented with Emergence before a big-band production ( with singer Roberta Gambarini ).

Disco printing specifications (selection)

  • Public Eye (1991 with Roy Hargrove, Billy Higgins, Antonio Hart, Stephen Scott, Christian McBride )
  • Tokyo Sessions (1992 )
  • With the Tenors of Our Times ( Verve, 1994 Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Stanley Turrentine )
  • Family ( Verve, 1995)
  • Parker 's Mood: Tribute to Charlie Parker ( Verve, 1995, with Christian McBride and Stephen Scott)
  • Habana ( Verve, 1997)
  • Moment to Moment ( Verve, 2000)
  • Directions in Music ( Verve, 2002, with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker )
  • Strength - EP ( Verve, 2004, The RH Factor )
  • Hard Groove ( Verve 2003, The RH Factor )
  • Better Times Ahead ( sideman ) ( Verve, 2006 gefeat. Anke Helfrich Trio by )
  • Distractions ( Verve, 2006 with The RH Factor )
  • Nothing Serious ( Verve, 2006)
  • Earfood ( Emarcy Rec, 2008)
  • Emergance ( Verve, 2009 with Big Band )
  • A Night in Monte - Carlo ( 2010 3 Deuce Records) Marcus Miller, Raul Midon
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