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Roy Hargrove
Roy A. Hargrove (born October 16, 1969) is an American jazz trumpeter.

Career
Hargrove was born in Waco, Texas, and was discovered as a potential jazz talent when Wynton Marsalis(trumpet) visited his high school, Dallas's Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. One of his biggest influences was saxophone player David "Fathead" Newman, who played with the Ray Charles Band at Hargrove's junior high school. While Hargrove's sound is immediately recognizable, he also draws inspiration from Freddie Hubbard, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, and Clifford Brown (all trumpet).

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, and finally transferred to New York’s The New School. His first recording in New York 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, along with four other albums...
(Wikipedia: Roy Hargrove)