Roy Hargrove
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roy Anthony Hargrove |
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October 16, 1969 Waco, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Post bop, hard bop, Latin jazz, M-Base, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, band leader, composer |
| Instruments | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Groovin' High, Emarcy, Verve, RCA Novus |
| Associated acts | The Jazz Futures, The Jazz Networks, Crisol, The RH Factor, Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Wynton Marsalis, David "Fathead" Newman |
Roy Anthony Hargrove (born October 16, 1969) is an American jazz trumpeter. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music, in 1997 and in 2002. Hargrove has played primarily with jazz musicians including Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock and Robert Stewart.
Hargrove was the bandleader of the progressive group The RH Factor, which combined elements of jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul, and gospel music. Its members have included Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, Pino Palladino, James Poyser, Jonathan Batiste and Bernard Wright.
Hargrove was born in Waco, Texas, United States, to parents who early in his childhood discovered his musical potential, 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 "Fathead" Newman, who performed in Ray Charles's Band at Hargrove's junior high school.
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