Roy Hargrove
Trumpet Solo on
Spiritual Companion

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Roy Hargrove's trumpet solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Stephen Scott on piano. Spanning one chorus of the 38-bar ABACD form at a moderate 133 BPM with a latin feel in G, the solo runs approximately 1:12. The track's sophisticated form and rhythmic conception hint at the breadth of Hargrove's musical ambitions, foreshadowing the genre-crossing work that would define his later career, from the Afro-Cuban explorations of Habana to the soul-jazz fusion of the RH Factor. Roy Hargrove was 20 to 21 years old at the time of this 1990 recording.

Roy Hargrove was 20 to 21 years old at the time.