The Roy Hargrove Big Band returns to The Jazz Gallery on April 2nd for a special encore presentation of The Love Suite: In Mahogany, featuring special guest Ron Blake.

Roy Hargrove’s Love Suite in Mahogany

The two-time Grammy winner, trumpeter, and artistic beacon was only twenty-three years old when he was honored with the commission that resulted in his five-part profound expression of heart, The Love Suite In Mahogany.

Composed as a long form suite, it was one of two prestigious opportunities presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, and an early occasion for Roy to intimate his rich instinct for assembling musicians in exciting and explorative gestalt. It premiered in 1993 at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, receiving rave reviews.

The Love Suite: In Mahogany represents a unique snapshot of a man within a greater poignant and enduring musical legacy; a singular sonic event from a time our understanding of an exceptional artist was barely unfolding.

Presented to you now over three decades later – in the space he created, with the musicians he congregated – we reawaken this monumental work to embody and give passage to the joy, freedom, and engagement of sound that Roy Hargrove instilled in all of us.

The evening will also feature special guest Ron Blake, a key voice on the original recording and original member of the Roy Hargrove Quintet.

As with each residency performance, the band remains a living extension of Roy’s writing, where long-standing collaborators and emerging voices come together in ongoing dialogue.
 

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