Roy Hargrove
Trumpet Solo on
Once In Awhile

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Roy Hargrove's trumpet solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Stephen Scott's closing piano statement. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 79 BPM in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:40. Michael Edwards's "Once in Awhile" is presented as a lush ballad on Roy Hargrove's 1990 debut album Public Eye, offering a window into the young trumpeter's ability to communicate depth and tenderness at slow tempos. 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.