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“...Every note you play is important! No filler. Respect the rhythm section. If you can't say it in two or three choruses...keep it in the case.”

Higher learning:

By Roy Hargrove

Playlist IV 

Clifford Jordan - Mosaic 

Kenny Dorham - Live at the Cafe Bohemia

Eric Dolphy - Out to lunch!

Art Blakey - Soul finger

Duke Pearson - Honeybuns

04/02/2021

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Words of wisdom 

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

01/11/2021

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Ministry 

"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

11/14/2020

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Words of wisdom (BBC interview) 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06tbclb

08/23/2020

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Playlist III 

Shirley Horn - Travelin light

Nat King Cole - Live at the Sands

Dexter Gordon - Biting the Apple

Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ

Miles Davis - Bags groove

06/22/2020

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Playlist II 

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

04/22/2020

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Playlist I 

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

03/17/2020

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Bird 

"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

02/25/2020

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Ear training 

"Knowledge of music theory in a literal sense is essential, however to be a complete musician, ear training is also quite necessary. You have to be able to play what you hear. Your instrument is like an extension of your body. Music learned by ear stays with you." - Roy Hargrove

01/20/2020

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