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Roy A. Hargrove (born October 16 1969) is an American jazz trumpeter. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music, in 1997, and in 2002. Hargrove has played primarily with jazz musicians with stellar careers, from Wynton Marsalis to Herbie Hancock.
Hargrove is the band leader of the progressive group The RH Factor, which combines elements of jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel music.
rove was born October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas, to parents who early in his childhood discovered his musical potential, and with lessons on the trumpet, was discovered as a potential jazz talent when trumpet player, Wynton Marsalis visited his high school, Dallas's Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
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Roy A. Hargrove (born October 16 1969) is an American jazz trumpeter. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music, in 1997, and in 2002. Hargrove has played primarily with jazz musicians with stellar careers, from Wynton Marsalis to Herbie Hancock.
Hargrove is the band leader of the progressive group The RH Factor, which combines elements of jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel music.
Biography
Early years
Hargrove was born October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas, to parents who early in his childhood discovered his musical potential, and with lessons on the trumpet, was discovered as a potential jazz talent when trumpet player, Wynton Marsalis visited his high school, Dallas's Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. One of influences was saxophone player David "Fathead" Newman, who performed in Ray Charles' Band at Hargrove's junior high school.
Hargrove spent one year (1988 through 1989) studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music, but could more often be found in New York City jam sessions, and finally transferred to The New School, in New York. His first recording there was with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. Shortly afterwards he made a recording with Superblue featuring Watson, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Washington. In 1990 he released his first solo album, Diamond in the Rough, on the Novus/RCA label, along with four other albums.
He signed a recording contract with Verve Records, which gave him the opportunity to record with some of the major jazz musicians on With the Tenors of Our Time, including Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Johnny Griffin, Joshua Redman, and Branford Marsalis. In 1993 he was commissioned by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and wrote The Love Suite: In Mahogany. Hargrove won a Grammy Award in 1998 for the album Habana with the Afro-Cuban band he founded: "Crisol".
Influences
Artists Hargrove with whom Hargrove recorded
Hargrove has recorded with a wide range of musicians, including: Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker, Jackie McLean, Slide Hampton, Gary Bartz, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Abbey Lincoln, Diana Ross, Steve Tyrell, Kenny Rankin, John Mayer, Rhian Benson, Carmen McRae, Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Danny Gatton, Method Man, Karriem Riggins, Common, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Oscar Peterson, Gilles Peterson, Ralph Moore, Linda Ronstadt and Cleo Laine.
Discography
- Ear Food [The Roy Hargrove Quintet] (Emarcy, 2008)
- Distractions [The RH Factor] (Verve, 2006)
- Nothing Serious The Roy Hargrove Quintet (Verve, 2006)
- Strength [EP] The RH Factor (Verve, 2004)
- Hard Groove The RH Factor (Verve, 2003)
- Moment to Moment (Verve, 2000)
- Diamond in the Rough (Novus, 1989)
- Crisol: Habana (Verve, 1997)
- Parker's Mood Trio w/ Christian McBride (Bass), and Stephen Scott (Piano)](Verve, 1995)
- Family (Verve, 1995)
- With the Tenors of Our Time (Verve, 1994)
- Approaching Standards (Jive/Novus, 1994)
- Of Kindred Souls (Live) (Novus, 1993)
- The Vibe (Novus, 1992)
- Toyko Sessions (Novus, 1991)
- Public Eye (Novus, 1990)
- Diamond in the Rough(Novus, 1990)
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