Acclaimed trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Roy Hargrove realizes a lifelong dream with the August 25 release of Emergence, his first big band album. Nineteen pieces strong, Hargrove's ensemble is a ...

This virtuoso trumpeter bridged jazz, hip-hop, R&B and soul on his own records and in collaborations with D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and the Roots. Listen to 13 selections. Credit...Illustration by Dante ...

Roy Hargrove Big Band. When: 9 and 10:30 p.m., June 3 and 10. Where: Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St., between Dominick and Spring streets, New York. How much: $25 music charge, no minimum. Call (212) 242 ...

“Grande-Terre,” recorded in Guadeloupe in 1997, shows off the high-wire, from-the-gut jazz Hargrove played most nights of his life. By Alan Scherstuhl Unlike most “lost” posthumous jazz albums, ...