Roy Hargrove Big Band Monthly Residency
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
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 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.