Roy Hargrove
Trumpet Solo on
September in the Rain

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Roy Hargrove's trumpet solo is the second of 4 solos on this recording, following Antonio Hart's alto sax and followed by Stephen Scott on piano. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a moderate 120 BPM with a swing feel in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:09. Hargrove follows with one chorus of trumpet, his improvisation displaying the singing quality and rhythmic sophistication that Wynton Marsalis had recognized when he first heard the teenage Hargrove at a Dallas high school. 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.