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He’s been described as one of the planet’s premier trumpet players.
A visionary at ease with straight jazz but also ready to mix his music
with funk and hip hop flavours.
He’s recorded with everyone from jazz luminaries such as Sonny Rollins
and Branford Marsalis through to Natalie Cole and Diane Krall.
He’s even done stints with Wu Tang’s Method Man and neo-soul and R&B
diva Erykah Badu.
He has two Grammy awards under his belt and at the tender age of just
36, is one of the most sought after musicians in the world.
But the only place you’ll be able to see the electrifying Roy Hargrove
this summer is at the Wigan International Jazz Festival.
And not once but twice! Because the jazz festival team has managed to
secure the great man’s talents for a second celebrity concert. Hargrove
will be using his scintillating skills to interpret the music life of
another giant of the jazz trumpet world – Clifford Brown.
Hargrove was born in Dallas in 1969 and ‘discovered’ as a jazz talent
when the great Wynton Marsalis visited his high school. He released his
first solo album Diamond in the Rough in 1990.
His 1993 offering Habana, recorded with his Afro-Cuban band Crisol, won
him the first of his music industry Oscars the Grammy.
Hargrove had agreed to headline his own gig at the Wigan International
Jazz Festival on Tuesday July 18 at the JJB Stadium playing contemporary
straight jazz with his quintet.
But now he’ll also be playing a day earlier on Monday July 17 at the
same venue as part of the all-star tribute to the life and work of
Clifford Brown – We Remember Clifford.
Hargrove will join sax great Benny Golson and trumpet-playing
contemporary Eddie Henderson to salute the jazz virtuoso who held his
own alongside the great Charlie Parker.
Hargrove replaces Randy Brecker in the We Remember Clifford line-up.
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