Roy Hargrove
Trumpet Solo on
You Don't Know What Love Is

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Roy Hargrove's trumpet solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Antonio Hart's closing alto sax statement. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a relaxed 98 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:58. The tune has been a favorite of jazz trumpeters since the bebop era, with memorable versions by Chet Baker, Miles Davis, and Freddie Hubbard, and Hargrove's interpretation stands comfortably in that lineage while bearing his own unmistakable stamp. 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.