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Family - Roy Hargrove
I know, I know - you have heard this before - but this is one of my favorite albums. Every song on this album is a masterpiece. I put this on sometimes while I am working at the computer and it plays for hours. Do yourself a favor and add this to your collection - you will not be sorry. Roy Hargrove is an exceptional talent, the arrangements are equisite and timeless.
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Roy Hargrove is a young musician with incredible potential, mostly because he has paid attention to the quality of his sound. If the first note doesn't sound good it doesn't matter how many follow.
With his sweet golden sound, he follows the Cool Jazz major figures Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Stan Getz. Of these, his sound is most like Chet Baker, but perhaps with better technique. This CD a combination of Jazz standards and new and lesser known works, is his most engaging pure jazz album to date. He has a number of better know names sitting in.
When I say this CD is timeless, but could have been recorded at the height of the Cool, in the 50's or 60's, that a high compliment. 4 stars for a warm user-friendly album, the best he has done to date with a Jazz combo. Rash 67
The velvety sound of this singular interpreter makes of his album a gratifying experience in the truest sense of the term. Hargrove' s arrangements are based on classic patterns of the Fifties. Surrounded by a warmth environment with eloquent sensuality and sophisticated rapture. A corker album. Hiram Gomez Pardo
Product DetailsAudio CD (June 20, 1995)
Original Release Date: June 20, 1995
Number of Discs: 1 Label: Polygram Records
1. Velera 2:22
2. Roy Allan 3:48
3. Brian's Bounce 4:56
4. The Nearness Of You 7:03
5. Lament For Love 4:01
6. Another Level 6:23
7. A Dream Of You 6:11
8. Pas De Trois 8:39
9. Polka Dots And Moonbeams 5:36
10.The Challenge 3:46
11.Ethiopia 3:36
12.Nostalgia 6:00
13.Thirteenth Floor 5:57
14.Firm Roots 6:51
15.The Trial
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