Amazing review by Angelika Beener for WBGO:

https://www.wbgo.org/music/2024-11-07/maestro-of-the-melting-pot-roy-hargroves-unearthed-grande-terre-celebrates-his-contribution-to-latin-jazz
 
“Roy Hargrove stands out as a visionary torchbearer, singular in his place alongside the greatest innovators and practitioners in history.”

PLUS:

Another awesome review of Grande-Terre in Stereogum:

“Hargrove was an incredible talent, and this album burnishes his legacy.”

https://www.stereogum.com/2287909/justice-for-george-coleman/columns/ugly-beauty/

In 1997, trumpeter Roy Hargrove brought American and Cuban musicians together for Habana, a genuinely pathbreaking record that won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Latin Jazz Album. He dubbed the band that arose out of this project Crisol, and recorded a second album in Guadeloupe in 1998, but it sat on the shelf until this year. Well, Grande-Terre is every bit as awesome as its predecessor. A few of the players — trombonist Frank Lacy, percussionists Miguel “Anga” Díaz and José Luis “Changuito” Quintana — are the same, but many others are new. On the opening track, “Rumba Roy,” the four-horn front line of Hargrove, Lacy, alto saxophonist Sherman Irby and tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart absolutely blaze through a speedy, complex melody before the trumpeter launches a comet of a solo over hard-charging piano, booming bass, and complex, layered percussion. Hargrove was an incredible talent, and this album burnishes his legacy.