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My, how time flies. It didn't seem so long ago when Wynton Marsalis spotted this young trumpet talent at a Dallas high school in the mid-eighties. Since then, Roy Hargrove has recorded fourteen albums as a leader, and another co-led with Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker. For these efforts, he's won two Grammies. Hargrove has also recorded with such diverse talents as Slide Hampton, Erykah Badu, Sonny Rollins, Diana Krall, John Mayer, D'Angelo and Common. Throughout it all, Hargrove's technical skills on the trumpet is matched only by his versatility. To my ears, he plays with the quiet elegance of Marsalis, but...

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