Roy Hargrove

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{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter (1969–2018)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| name = Roy Hargrove
| image = Roy Hargrove Quintet (ZMF 2018) IMGP7150.jpg
| birth_name = Roy Anthony Hargrove
| caption = Hargrove in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1969|10|16}}
| birth_place = [[Waco, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|02|1969|10|16}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| genre = [[Jazz music|Jazz]], [[Latin jazz]], [[M-Base]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| occupation = Musician, band leader, composer
| instrument = Trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
| years_active = 1987–2018
| past_member_of = {{hlist|The Roy Hargrove Quintet| The Roy Hargrove Big Band|Roy Hargrove’s Crisol| The Jazz Futures|The Jazz Networks|The RH Factor| [[Buckshot LeFonque]]|[[Soulquarians]]}}
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'''Roy Anthony Hargrove''' (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American [[jazz]] musician and composer whose principal instruments were the [[trumpet]] and [[flugelhorn]]. He achieved critical acclaim after winning two [[Grammy Award]]s for differing styles of jazz in 1998 and 2002. Hargrove primarily played in the [[hard bop]] style for the majority of his albums, but also had a penchant for genre-crossing exploration and collaboration with a variety of hip hop, neo soul, R&B and alternative rock artists.<ref>“[http://www.soultracks.com/flashback-soul-roy-hargrove-forget Flashback Soul: Roy Hargrove Tries to “Forget Regret” at SoulTracks.com]” Retrieved December 14, 2021.</ref> As Hargrove told one reporter, "I've been around all kinds of musicians, and if a cat can play, a cat can play. If it's gospel, funk, R&B, jazz or hip-hop, if it's something that gets in your ear and it's good, that's what matters."<ref>”[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/roy-hargrove-jazz-dead-trumpeter-sonny-rollins-miles-davis-a8622776.html Roy Hargrove: Award-Winning Trumpeter Once Dubbed The Hottest Jazz Player in the World]” Independent.co.uk, November 14, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life and career===
[[File:Roy Hargrove 1992.jpg|thumb|left|Roy Hargrove at Monterey Jazz Festival 1992]]
Hargrove was born in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, to Roy Allan Hargrove and Jacklyn Hargrove.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/riffs-on-roy/|title=Riffs on Roy|date=30 April 1996|website=Texasmonthly.com|access-date= November 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|last= Russonello|first= Giovanni |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/obituaries/roy-hargrove-dead-jazz-trumpeter.html|title=Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter Who Gave Jazz a Jolt of Youth, Dies at 49|website=[[The New York Times]]|date= November 3, 2018|access-date= November 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="BIO1">{{cite web |url=http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Roy_Hargrove_Biography.asp |title=Roy Hargrove Biography at |website=Jazztrumpetsolos.com |date=October 16, 1969 |access-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222042857/http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Roy_Hargrove_Biography.asp |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> When he was 9, his family moved to [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref name=nytimes/> He took lessons at school initially on cornet before turning to trumpet. One of Hargrove's most profound early influences was a visit to his junior high school by saxophonist [[David Newman (jazz musician)|David "Fathead" Newman]], who performed as a sideman in [[Ray Charles]]'s Band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/01/03/roy-hargrove-primer-5-things-to-know-about-the-trumpeter/ |title=Roy Hargrove primer: 5 things to know about the trumpeter – The Mercury News |website=Mercurynews.com |date=2013-01-03 |access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> Hargrove's junior high music teacher, Dean Hill, whom Hargrove called his "musical father", taught him to improvise and solo.<ref>”[https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1992/may/creative-spirit-roy-hargrove/ Creative Spirit: Roy Hargrove]” D Magazine, May 1992. Retrieved December 16, 2021.</ref> He was discovered by [[Wynton Marsalis]] when Marsalis visited the [[Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]] in Dallas. Hargrove credited trumpeter [[Freddie Hubbard]] as having the greatest influence on his sound.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/roy-hargrove/ |title=Roy Hargrove|magazine= Bomb Magazine|date= October 1, 1995|access-date= January 11, 2022}}</ref>

Hargrove continued his musical studies at Boston's [[Berklee College of Music]],<ref name="berklee">{{cite web |title=Roy Hargrove - Jazz Trumpet Player - Class of 89 |url=https://college.berklee.edu/people/roy-hargrove |website=Berklee College of Music |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref> but soon transferred to [[The New School]] in New York,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/roy-hargrove-in-memory/2021/07/15/ebe1a594-e408-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html |title=The Continued Impact of Jazz Trumpeter Roy Hargrove|first= Shannon J.|last= Effinger|newspaper=Washington Post|date= July 16, 2021|access-date= December 12, 2021}}</ref> enabling Hargrove to frequent the [[Greenwich Village]] jazz clubs and participate in jam-sessions, most notably at Bradley's, where he played alongside many of his mentors and heroes.<ref name="russonello">{{cite news |last1=Russonello |first1=Giovanni |title=Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter Who Gave Jazz a Jolt of Youth, Dies at 49 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/obituaries/roy-hargrove-dead-jazz-trumpeter.html |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |issue=Nov.3 |date=2018}}</ref> Hargrove's first studio recording after relocating to New York was with saxophonist [[Bobby Watson (American musician)|Bobby Watson]], for Watson's album ''No Question About It''.<ref name="fordham">{{cite news |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=Roy Hargrove obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/21/roy-hargrove-obituary |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=The Guardian |issue=21 Nov |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |date=2018}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, Hargrove recorded with the band [[Superblue (band)|Superblue]] featuring Watson, [[Mulgrew Miller]], [[Frank Lacy]], [[Don Sickler]] and [[Kenny Washington (musician)|Kenny Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jazzleadsheets.com/composers/roy-hargrove.html|title=Roy Hargrove | jazzleadsheets.com by Second Floor Music|website=Jazzleadsheets.com|access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref>

Hargrove's debut album as leader, ''Diamond in the Rough'', was released on the [[Novus/RCA]] label in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/03/663895387/roy-hargrove-grammy-winning-jazz-trumpeter-dies-at-49 |title=Roy Hargrove Grammy Winning Jazz Trumpeter Dies at 49|first= Nate|last= Chinen|website= NPR.com|date= November 3, 2018|access-date= December 12, 2021}}</ref> This album, and the three succeeding recordings Hargrove produced for Novus with his quintet, were among the most commercially successful jazz recordings of the early 1990s and made him one of jazz's in-demand players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608001368/Roy-Hargrove.html |title=Roy Hargrove Biography |website= Musicianguide.com|access-date= December 13, 2021}}</ref> It was during this time that Hargrove topped the category "Rising Star–Trumpet" in the ''[[DownBeat]]'' Critics Poll in 1991, 1992 and 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/in-memoriam-roy-hargrove |title=In Memoriam: Roy Hargrove|magazine= DownBeat|date= November 3, 2018|access-date= December 8, 2021}}</ref> and became associated with the "Young Lions", a group of rising jazz musicians — including, among others, [[Marcus Roberts]], [[Mark Whitfield]] and [[Christian McBride]] — who, embracing the foundations of jazz, played principally bebop, hard bop and the [[Great American Songbook]] standards.<ref>”[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-ca-1495-story.html Jazz: The Young Lions Roar]” Los Angeles Times, September 13, 1992. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref> A number of the "Young Lions", including Hargrove, formed Jazz Futures,<ref name="shearn">{{cite news |last1=Shearn |first1=CJ |title=Remembering Roy Hargrove (1969-2018) |url=https://newyorkjazzworkshop.com/remembering-roy-hargrove-1969-2018-by-cj-shearn/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=New York Jazz Workshop |issue=Nov.11 |publisher=New York Jazz Workshop |date=2018}}</ref> which released one critically acclaimed album, ''Live in Concert''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jazz-futures-mn0000227328 |title=Artist Biography: Jazz Futures|website= AllMusic.com|access-date= March 4, 2022}}</ref>

As a side project to his solo and quintet recordings, Hargrove also was the leader of The Jazz Networks, an ensemble of American and Japanese musicians which released 5 albums between 1992 and 1996 and featured other notable jazz artists, including [[Antonio Hart]], [[Rodney Whitaker]] and [[Joshua Redman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/50MeMizRpHesOZzanY4r7p?si=O5K6ryn2QJ6WSRnoR6u0ew |title=The Jazz Networks, Verified Spotify Artist Profile|website=[[Spotify]] |access-date= December 12, 2021}}</ref> These albums were originally released in Japan and Europe only but, following Hargrove's death, arrangements were made by his estate for their release on US [[Music_streaming_service|music streaming platforms]].<ref>"[https://www.soultracks.com/another-groove-roy-hargrove-the-jazz-networks-a-whole-new-world Another Groove: Roy Hargrove & The Jazz Networks Brave A "Whole New World"]" SoulTracks.com, July 12, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.</ref> During this period, Hargrove also participated in several one-off ensemble recordings, including the albums "New York Stories" featuring [[Danny Gatton]] and [[Bobby_Watson_(American_musician)|Bobby
Watson]] and "Pride of Lions" featuring [[Philip Bailey]], [[Billy Childs]] and [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]].<ref>"[https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-york-stories-mw0000083242 "New York Stories"]" AllMusic.com. Retrieved January 21, 2025.</ref>

===Verve and EmArcy era===
In 1994, Hargrove signed with [[Verve Records|Verve]] and recorded ''[[With the Tenors of Our Time]]'' featuring [[Joe Henderson]], [[Stanley Turrentine]], [[Johnny Griffin]], [[Joshua Redman]], and [[Branford Marsalis]].<ref>{{Citation|title=With the Tenors of Our Time - Roy Hargrove Quintet {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/with-the-tenors-of-our-time-mw0000114085|language=en|access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref> Soon afterwards, Hargrove released his second album for Verve, ''Family,'' which included his original song "Roy Allan", named after his father, which thereafter became a popular jazz composition for others.<ref name="mcbride">{{cite news |last1=McBride |first1=Christian |title=Christian McBride's 10 Favorite Roy Hargrove Recordings |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/lists/christian-mcbrides-10-favorite-roy-hargrove-recordings/ |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=JazzTimes |issue=February 26 |publisher=BGFG |date=2019}}</ref> That same year, in 1995, he experimented with a trio format on ''Parker's Mood,'' an album recorded with bassist [[Christian McBride]] and pianist [[Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)|Stephen Scott]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Parker's Mood - Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Stephen Scott {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/parkers-mood-mw0000175021|language=en|access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Family - Roy Hargrove {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/family-mw0000173529|language=en|access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref> [[The Penguin Jazz Guide]] identifies ''Parker's Mood'' as one of the "1001 Best Albums" in the history of the genre.<ref>[[Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|Brian Morton]] and [[Richard Cook (journalist)|Richard Cook]], ''The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums'' (2010, 1st edn), p. 591.</ref>

Also in 1995, Hargrove formed the Roy Hargrove Big Band to perform at the Panasonic Village Jazz Festival in New York. The band would go on to record and perform worldwide and feature big band arrangements of Hargrove's own compositions as well as his favorite songs by respected contemporaries.<ref>"[https://royhargroveofficial.com/rhbb Roy Hargrove Big Band Biography]" Roy Hargrove official.com, retrieved April 17, 2022.</ref>

In 1998, Hargrove won the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album]] for ''[[Habana (album)|Habana]]'' with Roy Hargrove's Crisol, an ensemble of Cuban and American musicians which included [[Chucho Valdés]], [[Russell Malone]], [[Frank Lacy]], Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana and [[Miguel "Angá" Díaz]], among others.<ref name="BIO1"/>

Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hargrove collaborated with the [[Soulquarians]], a collective of experimental jazz, hip hop and soul artists that included [[Questlove]], [[D'Angelo]], [[Common (rapper)|Common]], and others.<ref>[https://www.okayplayer.com/music/roy-hargrove-soulquarians-legacy.html How Roy Hargrove Served As The Soulquarians Melodic Backbone], ''Okayplayer.com'', retrieved January 8, 2022.</ref> Hargrove added jazz and funk-influenced horns to [[D'Angelo|D'Angelo's]] Grammy-winning album ''[[Voodoo (D'Angelo album)|Voodoo]]''<ref>{{Citation|title=Voodoo - D'Angelo {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/voodoo-mw0000255244/credits|language=en|access-date=2021-09-25}}</ref> and supported D'Angelo on tour as a member of the [[Soultronics]], a backing "supergroup" featuring Questlove and [[Pino Palladino]], among others. That same year, as part of the Soulquarians collective, Hargrove contributed horn performances for recordings by [[Common (rapper)|Common]] and [[Erykah Badu]].

Also in 2000, as part of the Verizon Jazz Festival, Hargrove performed in [[Roz Nixon]]'s musical production "Dedicated To [[Louis Armstrong]]."

In 2001, Hargrove was selected as a resident artist by the [[Festival International de Jazz de Montreal]] and performed in five different ensembles during the festival: As leader of his own quintet; as leader of a "special trio" with Christian McBride and Russell Malone; as a sideman with [[Monty Alexander]] and his band; with McBride in a duet; and with the [[I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra]], with which he performed his album, "Moment to Moment."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.montrealjazzfest.com/en-CA/Programmation/ArchivesConcerts|title=Festival international de Jazz de Montréal - Archives|website=Montrealjazzfest.com|access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref>

In 2002, Hargrove won his second Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album|Best Jazz Instrumental Album]] for ''[[Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall]]'' with co-leaders [[Herbie Hancock]] and [[Michael Brecker]]. Hargrove was nominated for four other Grammy Awards during his career.<ref>”[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/roy-hargrove/2647 Roy Hargrove Artist Profile]” Grammy.com, retrieved on December 18, 2021.</ref>

Also in 2002, Hargrove collaborated with D'Angelo, [[Macy Gray]], [[the Soultronics]], and [[Nile Rodgers]] on two tracks for ''[[Red Hot & Riot]]'', a compilation album in tribute to the music of [[afrobeat]] pioneer [[Fela Kuti]]. He also acted as a [[sideman]] for jazz vocalist/pianist [[Shirley Horn]] and supported singer [[Erykah Badu]] on her album ''[[Worldwide Underground]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Radio Swiss Jazz - Music database - Musician|language=en|url=https://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en/music-database/musician/152729dad4281b4cccdb21a5086126f32eb6f/biography|access-date=2021-10-04}}</ref>

From 2003 to 2006, he released three albums as the leader of Roy Hargrove's The RH Factor, a group that blended jazz, soul, hip hop and funk idioms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-rh-factor-mn0000411487|title=The RH Factor Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mo...|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref> The band's debut album, ''[[Hard Groove]]'', was hailed as "genre-busting" by critics and ushered in a new era of hip hop-accented jazz. The band's second album, ''Strength'', was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album."<ref>"[https://www.grammy.com/artists/roy-hargrove-rh-factor/16329 Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor"], ''Grammy.com''. Retrieved August 3, 2022.</ref>

After signing with [[EmArcy_Records|Universal/EmArcy]] in 2008, Hargrove released ''[[Earfood]]'', a quintet recording "steeped in tradition and sophistication," which Jazziz selected as one of the 5 "essential albums" of that year.<ref>”[https://www.jazziz.com/year-by-year-essential-albums-of-2008/ Essential Albums of 2008]” Jazziz Magazine, March 25, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref> He followed in 2009 with "Emergence," an album recorded with the Roy Hargrove Big Band; he received a Grammy nomination for "Best Improvised Jazz Solo" for his performance on the track "Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey" on that record.<ref>"[https://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/52/nominees.shtml 52nd Annual Grammy Award Nominees (2010)]" Digitalhit.com, retrieved February 28, 2022.</ref> In 2010, Hargrove released "Live at the New Morning," a DVD of an intimate club performance with his quintet in Paris.<ref>"[https://www.discogs.com/release/18936655-The-Roy-Hargrove-Quintet-Live-At-The-New-Morning Roy Hargrove]" Discogs.com, retrieved April 24, 2023.</ref> Thereafter, until his death in 2018, Hargrove did not release additional albums but toured extensively and appeared as a sideman on recordings by [[Jimmy Cobb]], [[Roy Haynes]], [[Cyrille Aimée]], [[The 1975]], [[D’Angelo]], [[Johnny O'Neal]], [[Kandace Springs]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/99438-Roy-Hargrove |title=Roy Hargrove |website= Discogs|access-date= December 12, 2021}}</ref> Hargrove told [[KNKX]] radio in 2017 that recording albums no longer made "financial sense."<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91sOWRZCb4w Roy Hargrove Live Studio Session]" YouTube.com, retrieved February 20,2025.</ref>

===Posthumous career===
In July 2021, Hargrove's estate released posthumously via [[Resonance Records]] the double-album ''In Harmony'', a live duet recording made in 2006 and 2007 with pianist [[Mulgrew Miller]] that returned Hargrove to the Top 5 of the Billboard jazz chart.<ref>“[https://downbeat.com/news/detail/the-harmony-of-roy-hargrove-and-mulgrew-miller The Harmony of Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller]”, DownBeat Magazine, July 20, 2021. Retrieved on December 12, 2021.</ref> Slate selected ''In Harmony'' as one of the best jazz albums of 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/best-jazz-albums-2021-nina-simone-charles-mingus-frank-kimbrough.html |title=The Best Jazz Albums of 2021|magazine=Slate Magazine|date= December 15, 2021|access-date= December 18, 2021}}</ref> The [[Académie du Jazz]] awarded ''In Harmony'' its prize for "Best Reissue or Best Unpublished" album of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-academiedujazz-com.translate.goog/palmares-2021.html?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http |title=2021 Winners|website= Academiedujazz.com|access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref>

Hargrove was posthumously elected to the ''DownBeat Magazine'' "Jazz Hall of Fame" in November 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/downbeat-86th-annual-readers-poll-winners |title=DownBeat 86th Annual Readers Poll Winners|magazine=DownBeat|date= November 23, 2021|access-date= December 12, 2021}}</ref>

In June 2022, the documentary ''Hargrove'', filmed during the final year of his life, debuted at the [[Tribeca Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/blog/documentary-about-roy-hargrove-to-premier-at-tribeca-film-festival/|title=Documentary About Roy Hargrove to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival|website= JazzTimes|date= May 13, 2022|access-date= July 8, 2022}}</ref> Hargrove's estate issued a statement objecting to the film as not what he had envisioned when agreeing to participate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royhargroveofficial.com/blogs/news-9b10d56a-e64d-46da-bd19-1683c490371d/posts/statement-regarding-hargrove-documentary |title=Statement Regarding Hargrove Documentary|website= Royhargroveofficial.com|date= June 15, 2022|access-date= July 8, 2022}}</ref> Rio Sakairi, the Artistic Director of New York's "The Jazz Gallery," an art and performance space which Hargrove co-founded in 1995, also issued a statement objecting to accusations made in the film about Hargrove's managers.<ref>“[https://https://www.riosakairi.com/blog/2022/12/31/rock-and-the-hard-place-on-hargrove-documentary/ A Rock and a Hard Place: On Hargrove Documentary]", www.riosakairi.com, retrieved June 18, 2025.</ref>

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of its performance, in October 2023, [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]] released a live recording of Hargrove's original composition "The Love Suite: In Mahogany",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/27/arts/review-jazz-2-young-trumpeters-in-2-commissioned-works.html |title=2 Young Trumpeters, In 2 Commissioned Works|first= Peter|last= Watrous|newspaper=The New York Times|date= September 27, 1993|access-date= December 14, 2021}}</ref> a five-movement piece which he did not play again live after its debut performance in 1993.<ref>[https://www.soultracks.com/story-roy-hargrove-love-suite-album Roy Hargrove's New "The Love Suite" Album Coming October 13], SoulTracks.com, September 18, 2023. Retrieved on October 4, 2023.</ref><ref name="hynes">{{cite news |last1=Hynes |first1=Jim |title=Roy Hargrove's 1993 JALC Performance 'The Love Suite: In Mahogany – Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center' Hit Streaming Platforms |url=https://glidemagazine.com/296957/roy-hargroves-1993-jalc-performance-the-love-suite-in-mahogany-live-from-jazz-at-lincoln-center-hit-streaming-platforms-album-review/ |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Glide Magazine |issue=October 13 |publisher=Glide Publishing LLC |date=2023}}</ref> ''Jazziz Magazine'' called the album an "unearthed gem" that "showcases the much-missed trumpeter’s virtuosity and soulful songwriting ...."<ref>"[https://www.jazziz.com/ella-fitzgerald-roy-hargrove-wes-montgomery-more-the-week-in-jazz/ Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Hargrove, Wes Montgomery & More: The Week in Jazz]", Jazziz.com, October 3, 2023. Retrieved on October 17, 2023.</ref>
Jazz critic Nate Chinen of [[NPR]] applauded the album as "a flat-out marvel — maybe the most vivid example we have of Roy's ability to marshal hard-bop fire in a new form, steeped in swinging tradition but sparking and crackling right now."<ref>"[https://thegig.substack.com/p/remembering-roy-hargrove Remembering Roy Hargrove]", The Gig, November 2, 2023. Retrieved on November 4, 2023.</ref>

A year later, in September 2024, Verve Records announced the release of a previously-unheard archival album titled "Grande-Terre" by Roy Hargrove's Crisol that had originally been recorded back in 1998.<ref>“[https://pitchfork.com/news/new-roy-hargrove-album-announced-listen-to-new-song-priorities/ New Roy Hargrove Album Announced]”, Pitchfork.com, September 5, 2024. Retrieved on October 7, 2024.</ref> Music critic Sharonne Cohen of ''Everything Jazz'' praised the recording, noting that "Grande-Terre brims with Crisol's intricate and sophisticated arrangements, Hargrove's explosive, imaginative and soul-stirring playing, and the band's powerful, singular sound."<ref>[https://www.everythingjazz.com/story/grande-terre-roy-hargroves-crisol-in-their-prime/ Grande Terre: Roy Hargrove's Crisol in their Prime”], EverythingJazz.com, September 26, 2024. Retrieved on October 10, 2024.</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' was equally effusive about the album, noting that it "shows off the high-wire, from-the-gut jazz Hargrove played most nights of his life."<ref>“[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/arts/music/roy-hargrove-grande-terre.html/ A New Roy Hargrove LP Reminds Us What the Trumpeter Left Behind]", NYTimes.com, October 22, 2024. Retrieved on October 22, 2024.</ref> ''[[NPR Music]]'' included "Grande-Terre" among its "50 Best Albums of 2024," comparing it favorably to its predecessor [[Habana]] as "an even more fluent and focused celebration of Afro-Cuban musical lineage, with Hargrove and his Crisol band both in exceptionally strong form."<ref>“[https://www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g-s1-34684/best-albums-2024/ 50 Best Albums of 2024]", NPR.org, retrieved December 11, 2024.</ref>

==Influence==
Hargrove topped the trumpet category in the 2019 ''DownBeat'' Readers’ Poll.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://downbeat.com/digitaledition/2019/DB1912_Readers_Poll/_art/DB1912.pdf|title=Farewell To A Beloved Mentor|magazine= DownBeat Magazine|first=Martin|last=Kassel|page=46|date= December 2019|access-date= December 18, 2021}}</ref>

In addition to the accolades he garnered on trumpet, music critics praised Hargrove's tone on flugelhorn and his gifted ways with a ballad. As the [[Chicago Tribune]] observed in 2010, "it's Hargrove's ballad playing that tends to win hearts, which is what happened every time he picked up his flugelhorn. We've been hearing Hargrove spin silk on this instrument for a couple of decades now, yet one still marvels at the poetry of his tone, the incredible slowness of his vibrato and the arching lyricism of his phrases."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2010-12-30-ct-live-0101-roy-hargrove-20101230-story.html |title=Trumpeter Roy Hargrove Near Peak Form with Superb Quintet|newspaper= Chicago Tribune|date= December 30, 2010|access-date= December 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>”[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-15-et-heckman15-story.html At Roy Hargrove's Show, Don't Be Late]” Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref><ref>”[http://www.soultracks.com/lost-gem-roy-hargrove-larry-willis-ethiopia Lost Gem: Roy Hargrove & Larry Willis Explore “Ethiopia”] SoulTracks.com, retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref>

Over his 30-year career, Hargrove composed and recorded several original compositions, one of which, "Strasbourg-St. Denis", has been characterized as reaching the status of a [[jazz standard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knkx.org/jazz-and-blues/2014-04-17/song-of-the-day-roy-hargroves-strasbourg-st-denis |title=Song of the Day: Roy Hargrove's Strasbourg-St. Denis|website= Knkx.org|date= April 17, 2014|access-date= December 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/06/roy-hargrove-10-key-performances-from-bebop-to-hip-hop-crossovers |title=Roy Hargrove: 10 Key Performances From Bebop to Hip Hop Crossovers|newspaper= The Guardian|date= November 6, 2018|access-date= December 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbgo.org/music/2022-01-19/montez-coleman-whose-beat-buoyed-roy-hargrove-and-many-others-is-dead-at-48 |title=Montez Coleman Whose Beat Buoyed Roy Hargrove and Many Others is Dead at 48|website= WBGO.org|date= January 19, 2022|access-date= January 19, 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
A quiet and retiring person in life, Hargrove struggled with kidney failure and substance abuse.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chinen |first1=Nate |date=3 November 2018 |title=Roy Hargrove, Grammy-Winning Jazz Trumpeter, Dies At 49 |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/03/663895387/roy-hargrove-grammy-winning-jazz-trumpeter-dies-at-49 |access-date=November 3, 2018 |website=NPR.org |language=en}}</ref> He died at the age of 49 of [[cardiac arrest]] brought on by a [[kidney disease]] on November 2, 2018, while hospitalized in New Jersey. According to his long-time manager, Larry Clothier, Hargrove had been on [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]] for the last 14 years of his life.<ref name=nytimes/> He is survived by his wife, Aida Brandes-Hargrove, and daughter, Kamala Hargrove, who in 2020 launched the company Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC to preserve and extend his legacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/blog/new-company-video-aim-to-keep-spirit-of-roy-hargrove-alive/?amp |title=New Company and Video Aim to Keep Spirit of Roy Hargrove Alive|website= JazzTimes|date= February 3, 2020|access-date= December 5, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, Roy Hargrove Legacy re-launched the Roy Hargrove Big Band, which gives live performances featuring original band members and other musicians who supported Hargrove in his various ensembles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royhargroveofficial.com/blogs/news-9b10d56a-e64d-46da-bd19-1683c490371d/posts/6894329/roy-hargrove-big-band-relaunch|title=Roy Hargrove Big Band|website=Royhargroveofficial.com|access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== As leader/co-leader ===
* 1989–90: ''Diamond in the Rough'' ([[Novus (RCA)|Novus]], 1990)
* 1991: ''Public Eye'' (Novus, 1991)
* 1991: ''The Tokyo Sessions'' with [[Antonio Hart]] alternatively titled "Straight to the Standards" (Novus, 1992)
* 1992: ''The Vibe'' (Novus, 1992)
* 1993: ''Of Kindred Souls: The Roy Hargrove Quintet Live'' (Novus, 1993)
* 1993–94: ''Approaching Standards'' ([[BMG Music]]/Jazz Heritage, 1995) – compilation of tracks from 4 albums
* 1994: The Roy Hargrove Quintet, ''[[With the Tenors of Our Time]]'' ([[Verve Records|Verve]], 1994)
* 1995: ''Family'' (Verve, 1995)
* 1995: ''Parker's Mood'' with [[Christian McBride]], [[Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)|Stephen Scott]] (Verve, 1995)
* 1997: Roy Hargrove's Crisol, ''[[Habana (album)|Habana]]'' (Verve, 1997) – [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album|Latin Jazz Grammy]] Winner
* 1999: Roy Hargrove with Strings, ''Moment to Moment'' (Verve, 2000)
* 2001: ''[[Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall]]'' with [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Michael Brecker]] (Verve, 2002) – live. [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group]] of 2003.
* 2003: The RH Factor, ''[[Hard Groove]]'' (Verve, 2003)
* 2004: The RH Factor, ''Strength'' EP (Verve, 2004) – includes unreleased ''Hard Groove'' (2003) sessions
* 2005: ''Nothing Serious'' (Verve, 2006) – promo version released in 2005
* 2006: The RH Factor, ''Distractions'' (Verve, 2006)
* 2008: The Roy Hargrove Quintet, ''[[Earfood (album)|Earfood]]'' ([[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]], 2008)
* 2009: The Roy Hargrove Big Band, ''Emergence'' (Universal/Emarcy, 2009)
* 2010: The Roy Hargrove Quintet, ''Live at the New Morning'' (Universal/Emarcy, 2010)(DVD only)

'''Posthumous release'''
* ''In Harmony'' with [[Mulgrew Miller]] (Resonance, 2021) – recorded in 2006-07
* ''The Love Suite: In Mahogany'' (Blue Engine Records, 2023) - recorded in 1993
* ''Roy Hargrove's Crisol'', ''[[Grande-Terre (album)|Grande-Terre]]'' (Verve, 2024) - recorded in April 1998

=== As member ===
'''[[Superblue (band)|Superblue]]'''
* 1988: ''Superblue'' (Somethin' Else [JP]; Blue Note, 1988)

'''Manhattan Projects'''<br />
With [[Carl Allen (drummer)|Carl Allen]], Donald Brown, Ira Coleman and [[Kenny Garrett]]
* 1989: ''Dreamboat'' (Timeless, 1990)
* 1989: ''Piccadilly Square'' (Timeless, 1993)

'''Jazz Futures'''<br />
With Antonio Hart, [[Benny Green (pianist)|Benny Green]], Carl Allen, [[Christian McBride]], [[Mark Whitfield]], Marlon Jordan, Tim Warfield
* 1991: ''Live in Concert'' (Novus [US], 1993)

'''The Jazz Networks'''
* 1991: ''Straight to the Standards'' (Novus J/BMG Japan, 1992)
* 1992: ''Beauty and the Beast'' (Novus [US]; Novus J/BMG Japan, 1993)
* 1993: ''Blues 'n Ballads'' (Novus J/BMG Japan, 1994)
* 1993–94: ''The Other Day'' (Novus J/BMG Japan, 1996)
* 1994: ''In the Movies'' (Novus J/BMG Japan, 1995)

'''[[Buckshot LeFonque]]'''
* 1994 ''Buckshot LeFonque'' (Columbia 1994)

=== As sideman ===
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'''With [[D'Angelo]]'''
* 1998–99: ''[[Voodoo (D'Angelo album)|Voodoo]]'' ([[Virgin Records|Virgin]], 2000)
* 2002–14: ''[[Black Messiah (album)|Black Messiah]]'' ([[RCA Records|RCA]], 2014)

'''With [[Erykah Badu]]'''
* 1998–2000: ''[[Mama's Gun]]'' ([[Motown Records|Motown]], 2000)
* 2001–03: ''[[Worldwide Underground]]'' (Motown, 2003)

'''With [[Jimmy Cobb]]'''
* 2006: ''Cobb's Corner'' (Chesky, 2007)
* 2008: ''Jazz in the Key of Blue'' (Chesky, 2009)
* 2016: ''Remembering U'' (Jimmy Cobb World, 2019) – posthumous release

'''With [[Johnny Griffin]]'''
* 1994: ''Chicago, New York, Paris'' (Verve, 1994)
* 2008: ''Live at Ronnie Scott's'' (In+Out, 2008) – live

'''With [[Roy Haynes]]'''
* ''[[Birds of a Feather (Roy Haynes album)|Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker]]'' ([[Dreyfus Records|Dreyfus Jazz]], 2001)
* ''Roy-Alty'' (Dreyfus Jazz, 2011)

'''With [[Shirley Horn]]'''
* 1995: ''[[The Main Ingredient (Shirley Horn album)|The Main Ingredient]]'' (Verve, 1996)
* 1997: ''[[I Remember Miles (Shirley Horn album)|I Remember Miles]]'' (Verve, 1998)
* 2003: ''[[May the Music Never End]]'' (Verve, 2003)

'''With [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]'''
* 1995: ''[[Damn! (Jimmy Smith album)|Damn!]]'' (Verve, 1995)
* 1995: ''[[Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams]]'' (Verve, 1996)

'''With [[The 1975]]'''
* 2015: ''[[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It]]'' ([[Dirty Hit]], 2016)
* 2017-18: ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'' (Dirty Hit, 2018)
* 2018-20: ''[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]'' (Dirty Hit, 2020) – posthumous release
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'''With others'''
* 1988: [[Bobby Watson (American musician)|Bobby Watson]] & Horizon, ''No question about it'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], 1988)
* 1989: [[Ricky Ford]], ''[[Hard Groovin']]'' ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1989)
* 1990: [[Ralph Moore]], ''[[Furthermore (album)|Furthermore]]'' (Landmark, 1990)
* 1990: [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]], ''[[A Lovesome Thing]]'' (Antilles, 1991)
* 1991?: [[Antonio Hart]], ''For the First Time'' (Novus, 1991)
* 1991?: [[Charles Fambrough]], ''The Proper Angle'' (CTI, 1991)
* 1991: [[Sonny Rollins]], ''[[Here's to the People]]'' ([[Milestone Records|Milestone]], 1991) – 2 tracks "I Wish I Knew" and "Young Roy"
* 1992?: [[Jackie McLean]], ''Rhythm of the Earth'' (Birdology, 1992)
* 1992?: V.A., ''New York Stories'' (Blue Note, 1992)
* 1992: [[Philip Bailey]], [[Billy Childs]], [[Bobby Watson (American musician)|Bobby Watson]], [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], "Pride of Lions" (Sony Masterworks, 1992)
* 1992: [[Diana Ross]], ''[[Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues]]'' (Motown, 1993) – live
* 1993: [[Bob Thiele Collective]], ''Lion Hearted'' (Red Baron, 1993)
* 1993: [[Steve Coleman]], ''[[The Tao of Mad Phat]]'' (Novus, 1993)
* 1993: [[Rodney Kendrick]], ''The Secrets of Rodney Kendrick'' (Verve, 1993)
* 1994: [[David Sanchez (musician)|David Sanchez]], ''Sketches of Dreams'' (Columbia, 1995)
* 1994: [[Marc Cary]], ''Cary On'' (Enja, 1995)
* 1994: [[Christian McBride]], ''[[Gettin' to It]]'' (Verve, 1995)
* 1994: [[Abbey Lincoln]], ''[[A Turtle's Dream]]'' (Verve, 1995)
* 1996: [[Cedar Walton]], ''[[Composer (album)|Composer]]'' ([[Astor Place (label)|Astor Place]], 1996)
* 1996: Various Artists, "Dream Session: The All-Stars Play Miles Davis Classics" (Milestone/Fantasy)
* 1996: [[Oscar Peterson]], ''Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore'' ([[Telarc International Corporation|Telarc]], 1996)
* 1997?: [[Kitty Margolis]], ''Straight up with a Twist'' (Mad-Kat, 1997)
* 1997: Fred Sanders, ''East of Vilbig'' (Leaning House Jazz, 1997)
* 1999: [[Curtis Lundy]], ''[[Against All Odds (Curtis Lundy album)|Against All Odds]]'' (Justin Time, 1999)
* 1999–2000: [[Common (rapper)|Common]], ''[[Like Water for Chocolate (album)|Like Water for Chocolate]]'' ([[MCA Records|MCA]], 2000)
* 2000: [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] Trio, ''Some of My Best Friends Are... The Trumpet Players'' (Telarc, 2000)
* 2001: [[Phil Woods]], ''Voyage'' ([[Chiaroscuro_Records|Chiaroscuro]], 2001)
* 2001?: [[Boz Scaggs]], ''[[Dig (Boz Scaggs album)|Dig]]'' ([[Virgin]], 2001)
* 2002: [[Natalie Cole]], ''[[Ask a Woman Who Knows]]'' (Verve, 2002) – 1 track "I'm Glad There Is You"
* 2003 John Mayer, Heavier Things
* 2003?: Randal Corsen, ''Armonia'' (AJA, 2003)
* 2005: [[Anke Helfrich]], ''Better Times Ahead'' (Double Moon, 2006)
* 2005: [[Steve Davis (trombonist)|Steve Davis]], ''Update'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2006)
* 2006: [[John Mayer]], ''[[Continuum (John Mayer album)|Continuum]]'' ([[Aware Records|Aware]], 2006)
* 2008?: [[John Beasley (musician)|John Beasley]], ''Letter to Herbie'' ([[Resonance Records|Resonance]], 2008)
* 2008?: [[Roy Assaf (musician)|Roy Assaf]] & Eddy Khaimovich Quartet, ''Andarta'' ([[Origin Records|Origin]], 2008)
* 2008: [[Marcus Miller]], ''A Night in Monte Carlo'' (Dreyfus/[[Concord Jazz]], 2010) – live
* 2010?: [[Angelique Kidjo]], ''Õÿö'' (Razor & Tie, 2010) – 1 track "Samba pa ti"
* 2010: [[Cyrille Aimée]] + Friends, ''Live at Smalls'' ([[SmallsLIVE]], 2011) – live
* 2011: [[Laïka Fatien]], ''Come A Little Closer'' (Universal Music, 2012)
* 2011?: Stan Killian, ''Unified'' (Sunnyside, 2011)
* 2003–11: Jim Martinez and Friends, ''He Keeps Me Swinging - Jazz Praise IV'' (Invisible Touch, 2011)
* 2015?: Ameen Saleem, ''The Grove Lab'' (Jando Music S.r.l., 2015)
* 2017: [[Johnny O'Neal]], ''In The Moment'' (Smoke Sessions, 2017)
* 2018?: [[Kandace Springs]], ''Indigo'' (Blue Note, 2018) – 1 track "Unsophisticated"
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.emarcy.com/artist.php?id=160&name=Roy-Hargrove Roy Hargrove] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525163917/http://www.emarcy.com/artist.php?id=160&name=Roy-Hargrove |date=2009-05-25 }} at [[Emarcy Records]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090308034934/http://vervemusicgroup.com/royhargrove Roy Hargrove] at [[Verve Records]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140222042857/http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Roy_Hargrove_Biography.asp Roy Hargrove] at Jazz Trumpet Solos.
*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30091 ''Roy Hargrove Quintet: Earfood''] album review at [[AllMusic]]
*[http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2003/07/roy_hargrove_presents_rh_factor_hard_groove ''Hard Groove''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116204606/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2003/07/roy_hargrove_presents_rh_factor_hard_groove/ |date=2007-11-16 }} album review in ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe magazine]]''.

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