The RH Factor
| Roy Hargrove | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roy Anthony Hargrove |
| Born |
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, 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 and Herbie Hancock.
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. He took lessons on trumpet and was discovered by Wynton Marsalis when Marsalis visited the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. One of his influences was saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, who performed in Ray Charles's Band at Hargrove's junior high school.
Hargrove spent one year (1988–1989) studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music but could more often be found in New York City jam sessions. He transferred to the New School in New York. His first recording there was with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. Shortly afterwards he made a recording with Superblue featuring Watson, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Washington. In 1990 he released his first solo album, Diamond in the Rough, on the Novus/RCA label. He was commissioned by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and wrote The Love Suite: In Mahogany which premiered in 1993.
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