Event:
Sept. 9th – 13th
Catalina’s
Hollywood, CA

After Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove is probably the best known trumpeter on the planet today. And at only 36, his output as a recording artist (13 sessions as leader) is almost as remarkable as his chops. His most recent project, RH Factor, created a lot of buzz by merging R&B and hip-hop mainstream with jazz, but his past and current efforts are decidedly more Dizzy than Ice-T.

As noted by Christopher Jones following a Hargrove Quintet performance at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle, this is “straightforward, no-nonsense modern jazz…with integrity and conviction.” Hargrove brings that conviction – along with his quintet—to the Catalina’s in Hollywood for a return engagement, Tuesday, September 9th through Saturday, September 13th.

Hargrove’s Background:

nspired by gospel, R&B and funk while growing up in Waco, Texas, Hargrove was a trumpet prodigy, already working with Frank Morgan and “discovered” by Wynton Marsalis before he finished high school at the Booker T. Washington School for the Performing Arts in Dallas. Later he dropped his studies at Berklee in Boston to move to New York, enroll at the New School, and concentrate on his career as leader, sideman and major label recording artist. In addition to the funky RH Factor, he has explored Afro Cuban rhythms, pop, and above all, eclectic, straight ahead jazz, in the highly acclaimed company of Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band, as well as with his own Quintet.

Current News:

The Roy Hargrove Quintet released Nothing Serious on Verve in 2006 and now celebrates a brand new recording, aptly titled Ear Food.The current quintet, with Justin Robinson (reeds), Gerald Clayton (piano), Danton Boller (bass) and Montez Coleman (drums), is a high energy, interactive, soulful collaboration.

Be sure to catch their performance at Catalina’s, Tuesday, September 9th through Saturday, September 13th. It’s sure to be a great one!

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Sept. 11th: 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm
Sept. 12th: 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm
Sept. 13th: 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm

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