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Infobox musical artist | name = Roy Hargrove| image = RoyHargrove.jpg| caption = Roy Hargrove at the North Sea, Rotterdam Photo: Bob Travis| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Roy Anthony Hargrove| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|10|16| death_date =| origin = Waco, Texas|Waco , Texas , United States | instrument = Trumpet , flugelhorn | genre = Latin jazz Mainstream jazz Post bop Hard bop M-Base Soul music|Soul | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1987–present| label = Verve Records , Emarcy Records , RCA Novus | associated_acts = Crisol, D'Angelo , The RH Factor , Johnny Griffin , Joe Henderson , Wynton Marsalis , David Newman (jazz musician)|David "Fathead" Newman , Joshua Redman , Stanley Turrentine | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Roy Anthony Hargrove (born October 16, 1969) is an United States|American jazz trumpeter . He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Award s 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 bandleader of the progressive group the RH Factor , which combines elements of jazz , funk , hip-hop music|hip-hop , Soul music|soul , and gospel music . Its members include Chalmers "Spanky" Alford , Pino Palladino , James Poyser , Jonathan Batiste and Bernard Wright .
Biography
Hargrove was born October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas|Waco , Texas , to parents who early in his childhood discovered his musical potential, http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Roy_Hargrove_Biography.asp Biography at Jazz Trumpet Solos 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 his influences was saxophone player David Newman (jazz musician)|David "Fathead" Newman , who performed in Ray Charles ' Band at Hargrove's junior high school .
Hargrove spent one year (1988& ndash;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 (band)|Superblue featuring Watson, Mulgrew Miller , and Kenny Washington (musician)|Kenny Washington . In 1990 he released his first solo album , Diamond in the Rough , on the Novus/RCA label, along with four other albums. Between April 1991 and February 1993 Hargrove frequently joined the Arnold Strickland Trio at the French bistro restaurant Cuckoo's in NYC's Upper East Side. Several recordings of this time period reveal Roy at what is considered as his most provocative.citation needed|date=February 2011 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 (album)|Habana with the Afro-Cuban band he founded, "Crisol".
Hargrove moved on, recording Family in 1995, and then, experimenting with other musicians, as part of a trio, the album ''Parker's Mood , in 1995 with bassist Christian McBride and Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)|Stephen Scott on keyboards.
Hargrove moved toward a jazz sound with a lot of groove and Funk music|funk in it, performing and recording with nu soul singer D'Angelo , resulting in '' Voodoo (D'Angelo album)|Voodoo in 2000.
In 2002, he collaborated with D'Angelo and other soul artists, Macy Gray , The Soultronics , and Nile Rodgers , on two tracks for Red Hot & Riot , a compilation CD in tribute to the music of afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti .
He acted as sideman for jazz pianist Shirley Horn , Rap music|rapper Common (entertainer)|Common , on the album Like Water for Chocolate (album)|Like Water for Chocolate in 2002, and the following year, singer Erykah Badu , Worldwide Underground . Nowadays he fronts a big band aptly named the "Roy Hargrove Big Band".
2011: with Cyrille Aimée: Cyrille Aimée & Friends (Live at Smalls)
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http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Roy_Hargrove_Biography.asp Jazz Trumpet Solos featuring Roy Hargrove
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=30091 All About Jazz album review
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/royhargrove Verve Records featured music and Biography
http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2003/07/roy_hargrove_presents_rh_factor_hard_groove/ Vibe Magazine Review of Roy Hargrove's Hard Groove
http://www.emarcy.com/artist.php? id=160& name=Roy-Hargrove Emarcy Records Biography of Roy Hargrove
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