3.3K views · 39 reactions | Enjoy this full set from the Roy Hargrove Big Band filmed on February 26, 2024 at the Jazz at One series at St. Paul's Chapel in New York City. Presented by @jazz house kids Nathan Eklund, Eddie Allen, Duane Eubanks & Camerahn Alforque  Bruce Williams, Mike Lee, Marcus Howell, Keith Loftis & Jason Marshall  Jason Jackson, Nate Jones, James Burton & Max Seigel  Saul Rubin  Tyler Bullock  Danton Boller  Quincy Phillips 論 | Roy Hargrove | Facebook

"David "Fathead" Newman was my first experience with improvisation. When I saw him play for the first time I realized that there is an importance of spontaneous music being made on the spot. It was so soulful and singing through his horn. So that's how I was inspired early on." Roy Hargrove (Oct 16, 1969 – Nov 2, 2018). The thing about Roy was he could play anything and always honored the legacy while moving it forward. "Strasbourg/St. Denis:" Roy Hargrove - trumpet Justin Robinson - alto sax Su

In an interview recorded two years before his passing, Roy Hargrove reminisces on writing and performing “The Love Suite: In Mahogany,” a piece commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center and performed in 1993. Listen to this historic performance, available for first time via Blue Engine Records: jazz.org/roy ………… Complete interview in January of 2016 in Blue Note Hawaii, Waikiki, with radio host Dave Lawrence. | Jazz at Lincoln Center

Roy Hargrove embodied the brightest promise of his jazz generation, both as a young guardian of the bebop tradition and a bridge to hip-hop and R&B, He also received the approval of his elders, Clark Terry adored him, Bobby Watson provided Roy with some of his first experience in a recording studio, and Sonny Rollins featured him on a tune called "Young Roy" in 1991 as well as at his 80th birthday celebration in 2010. Wynton Marsalis first heard Hargrove in 1986 at Booker T. Washington High Scho