Jackie McLean - Jacknife

Blue Mitchell - Blue's moods

Charlie Parker - Bird with strings

Charlie Rouse - Unsung hero

Clifford Jordan - Glass bead games

Midnight star - No parking on the dance floor

Parliament - Trombipulation

LTD - Devotion

Prince - For you

Run DMC - Raising hell

"Rhythm and melody! Everybody understands that. There is always that phrase that sticks in your head. Or that beat that makes you dance." - Roy Hargrove

"I was told by an elder: Composing is important. This is how you find your identity in music." - Roy Hargrove

Clifford Jordan - Mosaic 

Kenny Dorham - Live at the Cafe Bohemia

Eric Dolphy - Out to lunch!

Art Blakey - Soul finger

Duke Pearson - Honeybuns

"If it’s not swinging then what’s the point?"

"Music is a kind of ministry. It has the power to uplift. In the right circumstances, we are vessels that give unconditional blessing to those listening. We must use this gift carefully, wisely." - Roy Hargrove

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Shirley Horn - Travelin light

Nat King Cole - Live at the Sands

Dexter Gordon - Biting the Apple

Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ

Miles Davis - Bags groove

Horace Silver - the Jody grind

Wayne Shorter - the all seeing eye

Sonny Clark - leapin and lopin

Clifford Brown - three giants (plus 4)

Shirley Horn - here's to life

- Roy Hargrove

Young musicians: Get these records 

Wayne Shorter "The Soothsayer"  

Freddie Hubbard "The hub of Hubbard"  

John Coltrane "Ballads"  

Ahmad Jamal "Live at the Pershing"  

Donald Byrd "Fuego" 

- Roy Hargrove

"Bird is essential. The fabric of this music deals with harmonic integrity. Trying to be an improviser without knowing Bird is like writing a novel with no vocabulary." - Roy Hargrove