Reviewing a two-week residency in Chicago in January, Downbeat magazine wrote, "Hargrove fosters something of a Miles Davis vibe as relates to fashion, attitude and stagecraft. You are already missed though you live forever!!!"Īlthough his output as a recording artist in his own right had come to a halt in the 2010s, Hargrove continued to be a prolific live performer through the end of his life. One of the people I watched as a benchmark of what I could be as trumpet player musically. A jazz future to a jazz legend in the eyes of many. "The spirit that radiated from the bell of his horn was always a force of youth enthralled with the wisdom of old. I was captivated by Roy's soul," Harrold wrote on Instagram. Said another key young trumpeter, Keyon Harrold, "My heart again is broken by news of the trumpeter jazz king Roy Hargrove passing on. Love to the immortal timeless genius that will forever be Roy Hargrove, y'all." We were just reacting in real time to greatness.
Questlove wrote about how you can hear him and other band members screaming and laughing during a Hargrove solo on the Common track "Cold Blooded" because "that's us MIND BLOWN.
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