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The RH Factor: Distractions
by Chris M. Slawecki
A straight-up hard bop player of often stunning ability, Roy Hargrove (RH) needs to play more than straight-up hard bop, and sometimes he embarks on outside projects like The RH Factor for explorations beyond the jazz repertoire. He performs on trumpet and flugelhorn here, with an experimental laboratory that includes a double rhythm section (bassists Reggie ...
Roy Hargrove: Nothing Serious
by Russ Musto
Despite the nonchalance of its title, Nothing Serious may be Roy Hargrove's best disc yet. The first working band outing by the genre-leaping trumpeter since 1993's Of Kindred Souls features a cohesive quintet with alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Willie Jones III, augmented on three selections by special guest ...
Nothing Serious
By Roy Hargrove
Label: Verve Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Nothing Serious; A Day In Vienna; Trust; Camaraderie; Devil Eyes; The Gift; Salima's Dance; Invitation.
The Roy Hargrove Sextet
by AAJ Staff
Jazz purists say none can compare to the legendary jazz performers like Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Chet Baker or Miles Davis. They were musicians who lived and breathed the art form, but one must admit, jazz exists through musicians who performed it in the past and those who perform it now. Transending the new breed of ...
Roy Hargrove Quintet: Live at the Village Vanguard
by David Adler
To commemorate its 65th year in existence, the Village Vanguard chose a major draw ' a young trumpeter who, along with Wynton Marsalis, has done much to rekindle popular interest in jazz over the last ten years. Roy Hargrove and his band are the “men at work" who graced the cover of the May 1999 Downbeat. ...
Roy Hargrove Quintet in Seattle
by Christopher Jones
If you like flashy solos and the 'head-solo-solo-solo-head' school of group jazz, you'll like the Roy Hargrove Quintet. If you're looking for something else in your jazz, you might need to look elsewhere. This is not a criticism of Hargrove's quintet, which is currently in the midst of a five-day run at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in ...
Hard Groove
By Roy Hargrove
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: Hardgroove; Common Free Style; I'll Stay; Interlude; Pastor "T"; Poetry; The Joint; Forget Regret; Out
of Town; Liquid Streets; Kwah / Home; How I Know; Juicy; The Stroke
Roy Hargrove Presents the RH Factor: Hard Groove
by Chris M. Slawecki
Having previously immersed his trumpet in two 'new soul' collaborations in 2000—D'Angelo's Grammy Award-winning Voodoo album and subsequent tour, plus songstress Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun album—Roy Hargrove dives headfirst into the soul pool. RH Factor blends a core band of two saxophonists, three keyboard players, two bassists and drummers, and two guitarists (including legendary soul session ...
Herbie Hancock - Michael Brecker - Roy Hargrove: Directions in Music
by Michael L. Nelson
True jazz enthusiasts are often purist by nature. So most of them tend to entertain remakes and tribute documents with a certain amount of trepidation. But enthusiasts and purists alike need not be concerned about the Hancock/Brecker/Hargrove document, Directions in Music: Celebrating Miles Davis and John Coltrane ' Live at Massey Hall.From the downbeat ...
