Roy Hargrove Big Band Monthly Residency
Thursday, August 6, 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, presenting repertory and arrangements associated with trumpeter-composer Roy Hargrove. Hargrove, an American jazz trumpeter and composer who won two Grammys and moved between hard bop, ballads, and Latin-inflected projects, favored direct melodic lines and an openness to hip-hop and R&B—qualities evident in the band's writing and ensemble drive.
About the Artists
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.
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.