Roy Hargrove Big Band
The Roy Hargrove Big Band’s monthly residency at the venue where it all began, The Jazz Gallery!
“There’s nothing like the feeling you get when you’re hearing your compositions and arrangements played by a wall of sound.” – Roy Hargrove
Originally started in the 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. Since then, the band has toured domestically and internationally and has played everywhere from the Blue Note Tokyo to the Hollywood Bowl. Roy conducted the big band while also playing trumpet and flugelhorn and lending his vocal, most famously, on the fan favorite “September in the Rain”. The arrangements were comprised of Roy’s original compositions, standards, and new music by band members and other contemporaries whom he respected. They released one album, “Emergence,” under Roy’s leadership in 2009. As with everything Roy, his broad musical range is evident in his big band.
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. Performances will feature musicians who played with Roy in the big band and in his other ensembles.
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