Sunday, November 11, 2018

RIP Roy Hargrove




This great young trumpet player, 49 years old, died Friday of cardiac arrest in New York City after going to the hospital with kidney issues.

In this remarkable cut Hargrove and his band members systematically, though not directly, establish their place in the entire heritage of jazz from the 12-bar blues through the harmonic explorations of John Coltrane, through the mediation of the name of Charlie Parker:

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