Music in Focus: Roy Hargrove’s Crisol: Grand-Terre

A never-before-heard album from the celebrated musician and composer Roy Hargrove is set for release on October 18th.  Following a GRAMMY win for Best Latin Jazz Performance for their debut album “Habana,” Hargrove and his cohort went back to the studio to record. The recording has never been heard until now. Roy Hargrove’s Crisol: Grand-Terre (Verve Records) will be released worldwide on October 18th, just two days after what would have been Roy’s 55th birthday. The first track from the never-before-heard recording sessions, “Priorities,” is available now, and the album can be pre-ordered.

Roy Hargrove was widely praised for his compositions and abilities on the trumpet and flugelhorn. Described as the most impactful trumpeter of his generation, Grand-Terre perfectly exhibits this talent alongside a lineup of first-class Cuban, American, and Guadeloupian musicians. The album features Frank Lacy (trombone), Sherman Irby (alto sax), Jacques Schwarz-Bart (tenor sax), Gabriel Hernández and Larry Willis (piano), Ed Cherry (guitar), Gerald Cannon (bass), Miguel “Angá” Diaz and Changuito (José Luis Quintana) (percussion), Julio Barreto (drums, vocal), and Willie Jones on drums. This unique blending of jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, soul, bop, and funk has undoubtedly influenced a generation of jazz, hip-hop, and neo-soul musicians. This is one to add to your music collection.

For further information, please visit the Roy Hargrove official website

Source- Crossover Media

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David Emmanuel Noel is an avid blogger, film fanatic, art enthusiast, music lover, and theatergoer. He is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and PR consultant who has been involved in several music events and visual art exhibitions at venues such as the Kennedy Center Washington DC, Bernie Grant Arts Centre London, the Landmark Arts Building New York, and Whole 9 Gallery in Culver City, California. He has worked closely with institutes, professional bodies, and agencies such as the Royal Institute of British Architects, New York Mayor’s Office, CAMBA- the New York-based agency, the NSPCC, and several London Boroughs on projects supporting the environmental and therapeutic benefits of the arts. He is based in London and New York.

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