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    Roy Hargrove Big Band Monthly Residency

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    Thursday, May 14, 2026

    7:00 PM

    The Jazz Gallery

    1160 Broadway, Suite 612, New York, NY 10001

    $30–$40

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    The Roy Hargrove Big Band continues its monthly residency at The Jazz Gallery, carrying forward the repertory and bandstand ethos associated with trumpeter-composer Roy Hargrove. The ensemble draws on big band jazz, hard bop, ballad work and Latin-jazz currents, with space for hip-hop and R&B inflection and an emphasis on direct melodic statements and tight ensemble drive.

    About the Artists

    Roy Hargrove Big Band

    Roy Hargrove Big Band

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    The Roy Hargrove Big Band carries forward the repertory and bandstand ethos associated with trumpeter-composer Roy Hargrove, drawing on big band jazz, hard bop, ballad work, and Latin-jazz currents with room for hip-hop and R&B inflection.

    Roy Hargrove

    Roy Hargrove

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    Roy Hargrove was an American jazz trumpeter and composer, also known for his work on flugelhorn, whose career moved between hard bop, jazz ballads, and Latin-inflected projects. He earned two Grammy Awards for recordings that showed different sides of his language and his willingness to shift formats.