Trumpeteer Roy Hargrove passes at 49.

I never got to see him in Detroit, even when I lived in a loft behind Burt’s Jazz Marketplace. A friend who DJ’d at the Rochester Institute of Technology NPR station in NY introduced me to Roy Hargrove’s Crisol back in the 90s. Habana is still one of my favorite albums today. (It’s fun to listen for the guy cough between 29 and 32 seconds into Oh Ma Seh Yeh! It’s one of my tests for a quality reproduction system.) I’m sad to see him go. And so young!

A very sad day for Jazz in the 21st century. I am a big fan of Roy's work. "Private Eye" is my favorite...One of the modern greats. His music shall live on forever

Much too young, very sad.

WKCR 89.9 New York is doing a wonderful day-long tribute to Mr. Hargrove.

https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/#

Very sad, enjoying Roy Hargrove Quintet with “Tenors of our time”. Wonderful music. He will be missed.