Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, the company founded by his wife, Aida Brandes-Hargrove and daughter, Kamala, has re-launched The Roy Hargrove Big Band to honor Roy's legacy and the big band sound that he loved. With Earfood in 2008, his vibrant band of young recruits shrewdly captured the 60s soul-jazz atmosphere unleashed by stars such as Lee Morgan and Horace Silver. They released one album, Emergence, under Roys leadership in 2009. Im still trying to get it to that point. The Roy Hargrove Big Band is available for festivals, club performances and special events. But Hargrove always maintained his foothold in the mainstream jazz tradition; he saw his forays into other forms of black music as an extension of, rather than any departure from, that tradition. My group is filled with hooligans. Bassist Luke Stewart boasts an encyclopedic knowledge of the music from which he draws with focused and thunderous intensity. Among the younger musicians who responded to his death on social media was fellow trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who wrote on Twitter: "I don't think I would be alive if I hadn't met him when I did. Hargrove had been admitted to the hospital for reasons related to kidney function. Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, the company founded by his wife, Aida Brandes-Hargrove and daughter, Kamala, has re-launched The Roy Hargrove Big Band to honor Roy's legacy and the big band sound that he loved. He died on November 2, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA. Ms. Brandes-Hargrove, who was Mr. January 22, 2020 (New York) Aida Brandes-Hargrove and Kamala Hargrove, the heirs of the late Grammy Award-winning musician Roy Anthony Hargrove, are pleased to announce the formation of Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, a company which will manage Mr. Hargroves rights, recordings and other properties related to his long and distinguished music career. Trumpeter Roy Hargrove performs at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on May 1, 2013. He was a musician of wide tastes with a special gift for composition and melody. At 49 years old, Roy Hargrove height not available right now. She currently has two weekly residencies in New York performing with pianist Jon Davis. In 1990 he released his first solo album, Diamond in the Rough, on the Novus/RCA label. Aida also plays piano and enjoys writing and arranging. You dont have to over-crowd it. About. Aida Brandes-Hargrove got her start in the music industry as a teenager working as a recording artist and professional back up singer and dancer. Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you. He toured worldwide throughout his 30-year career with the Roy Hargrove Quintet, the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Roy Hargroves Crisol, and his soul/jazz group, the RH Factor, until his death in 2018 at age 49. She also pays piano. It gives me updates and information. SIGNUP FOR OUR FREE WEEKDAY EMAIL NEWSLETTER, "I love receiving EDITORIALLY BLACK first thing in the morning! He was previously married to Aida Brandes. The Roy Hargrove Big Band was originally started in the rehearsal space that would later become The Jazz Gallery. He is survived by his wife, Aida Brandes; a daughter from an earlier. Hargrove died at age 49 Friday in New York. { As he achieved his own wealth of experience, Hargrove was generous as a mentor himself. He recorded Family in 1995, then experimented with a trio format on the album Parker's Mood in 1995, with bassist Christian McBride and pianist Stephen Scott. Since then, the band has toured throughout the United States and internationally with stops in Japan and Europe. All footage used in the film came from secondary sources. Hargrove documentary is a bittersweet portrait about end of life of game-changing trumpeter, Rap Sh!t, A League of Their Own, and more series shine bright at ABFF. She draws from a diverse pool of music with its main roots in jazz, hip hop and rnb. No hooligans over there. On Jan. 22, Kamala and Aida Brandes-Hargrove (Hargrove's widow) announced the establishment of Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, which will manage Hargrove's musical estate. 03:50. According to his manager, Larry Clothier, Hargrove had been on dialysis for the last 14 years of his life. Three years later, Hargrove and Fitzgerald partnered with Lezlie Harrison to convert it into a nonprofit performance space, The Jazz Gallery. New York, February 10, 2022 Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, founded by the late jazz trumpeters wife, Aida Brandes-Hargrove, and daughter, Kamala, is pleased to announce that it is re-launching the Roy Hargrove Big Band to honor Roys legacy and the big band sound that he loved. So youre talking about camaraderie and the jazz culture. "Hargrove," directed by Elaine Henri, premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival on June 12. His mature grasp of the jazz tradition and the achievements of his elders was apparent on the album Family (1995, which included a graceful trumpet duet with Marsalis). On June 11 get in deep and in a new experience with Irreversible Entanglements, a liberated group that cultivates the technologies of jazz with all its roots from the past and present. Its a quality that you aspire to. A list of . On June 7-12, the six-string guitarist Al Di Meola, an alumnus of Return To Forever, performs at the Blue Note. Though it moved to a new location in 2013, The Jazz Gallery continues to be an integral hub for the music. She draws from a diverse pool of music with its main roots in jazz, hip hop and rnb. Off the road, he was often to be found sitting in at the Jazz Gallery or at Smalls jazz club on West 10th Street. Her original songs and productions have been finalists and winners in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, as well as the Great American Song Contest. Yes, there arent that many. 1. He appeared the same year on Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun and Common's Like Water for Chocolate, and later formed his own hybrid project, The RH Factor, with the aim of furthering the dialogue between modern jazz, hip-hop and R&B. Mr. Jason Marshall, baritone saxophonist and also long-time member of the big band, serves as Assistant Music Director. Jazz educator Bart Marantz, who taught Hargrove as a teenager, shared his memories of the musician in a DownBeat story posted Nov. 3. In a written statement released via Hargrove's Instagram page, the Grammy-nominated musician's wife and daughter Aida Brandes-Hargrove and Kamala Hargrove expressed their. Ms. His big band captured an innovative freedom, a hard bop swing that reminded you of the Billy Eckstein and Jimmy Lunceford big bands. January 22, 2020 (New York) Aida Brandes-Hargrove and Kamala Hargrove, the heirs of the late Grammy Award-winning musician Roy Anthony Hargrove, are pleased to announce the formation of Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, a company which will manage Mr. Hargroves rights, recordings and other properties related to his long and distinguished music career. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music in 1997 and in 2002. This website and the Hargrove Estate are managed by Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, a company founded by his wife, Aida Brandes-Hargrove, and daughter, Kamala Hargrove, to extend his legacy and celebrate his contributions to jazz and beyond. ", - Dennis Walcott, former New York City Department of Education Chancellor and former President and CEO of the New York Urban League, The trumpeter, composer and arranger Roy Hargrove was always looking to explore all aspects of this music called jazz. He was convicted of cocaine possession in 2014, but according to his manager, Larry Clothier, had been overcoming his dependencies in recent years and continued to tour and frequently sound like his old self. His first recording there was with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. She currently has two weekly residencies in New York performing with pianist Jon Davis. This band evolved through this location, the Jazz Gallery, which has served over its decade-plusAs a breeding ground. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Trumpeter Roy Hargrove performs at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on May 1, 2013. Hargrove died at age 49 Friday in New York. Does the composition of the band somehow reflect your personality? Bruce Williams, lead alto saxophonist and big band member from 1997 until Hargroves death in 2018, is music director. Hargrove continued to play there, just as he never stopped being a late-night fixture at Smalls. He was commissioned by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and wrote The Love Suite: In Mahogany which premiered in 1993. Yes, I aspire to it. Other official selections include the Long Island International Film Expo, Golden Door International Film Festival, Lady Filmmakers Festival. Interested? 0:00/3:43. 1995 Roy Hargrove Big Band inaugural concert at Washington Square Park The song, Roy Allan, written by Roy for his dad is also one of the first Shared by Aida B. The bands uncompromising artistic vision emerges from the experience of its five acclaimed members: poet Camae Ayewa, a/k/a Moor Mother, is a globally leading light of Afrofuturist music, art, and community activism. He often stood in for one of his many trumpet totems in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. January 22, 2020 (New York) - Aida Brandes-Hargrove and Kamala Hargrove, the heirs of the late Grammy Award-winning musician Roy Anthony Hargrove, are pleased to announce the formation of Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, a company which will manage Mr. Hargrove's rights, recordings and other properties related to his long and distinguished music career. PHOTO: Jalylah Burrell Weitere Informationen ber die Verwendung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten finden Sie in unserer Datenschutzerklrung und unserer Cookie-Richtlinie. Lezlie Harrison, accompanied by a soulful organ trio, took on "I Wish I Knew." And at one point, Jon Batiste, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader, sat in at the piano. Theres something to be said about being able to trim it downsay less but have it have more meaning. Bilal, who brings another nuance to singing, performs June 13 at Sony Hall plus opener introducing: Bee B. Originally started in a rehearsal space that would later become the Jazz Gallery, the Roy Hargrove Big Band had its inaugural performance at the Greenwich Village Jazz Festival in 1995. In Hargrove, Henri and her crew follow the trumpeter famously known for contributing to contemporary R&B and hip-hop records in the 1990s and 2000s, as well as for his on-stage wardrobe around Italy during a European tour mere months before he passed away at age 49. In 2014, he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in Manhattan criminal court and was sentenced to two days of community service. So, how much is Roy Hargrove worth at the age of 49 years old? He was 49. 44 followers 44 connections On June 15 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic w/The Motet + Turkuaz Horn Section, Dopapod, Pimps of Joytime, Blu Eye Extintion will funk-up Summerstage. He first emerged in the late 1980s, at a cultural moment when his precocity and poise amounted to a form of currency in jazz. Declining health and a prolonged struggle with drugs later distracted Hargrove. hide caption. Thats right. Roy Hargrove, a Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter who shifted from one style of music to another, exploring Cuban and electronic music, R&B and hip-hop while performing with artists as diverse as. 2020-2023 Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC - All rights reserved, Roy Hargrove is a registered trademark of Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC, performance at the Greenwich Village Jazz Festival in 1995, https://www.wbgo.org/post/wbgo-archives-highlights-spirited-roy-hargrove-big-band-performance. Location: New York City Aida Brandes. Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 November 2, 2018) was an American jazz trumpeter. Everybody cant be John Coltrane! Hargrove is survived by his wife, the singer and composer Aida Brandes, his daughter, Kamala, mother, and younger brother, Brian. Your email address will not be published. Ms. Brandes-Hargrove, who was Mr. Hargroves wife and is the Administrator of his Estate, said that Kamala and I are excited about our new Company and look forward to keeping Roys music alive and sharing it with his present and future fans. Among other things, the Company has just launched an official Hargrove website (www.royhargroveofficial.com) as well as Instagram (www.instagram.com/groveydean) and Twitter (@groveydean) pages. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Ms. Aida is the widow of the late, great Roy Hargrove and the president of Roy Hargrove Legacy, a company she founded with his daughter to extend his legacy and celebrate his contributions to jazz and beyond.