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Roy Hargrove, Grammy Award Winning Trumpeter, Dead at 49

Roy Hargrove, a keen trumpeter, who as a young steward, brilliantly bridged bebop tradition to hip-hop and R&B, died on Friday night in New York City.

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November 3, 2018

Unheard Voices Staff

Roy Hargrove, Grammy Award Winning Trumpeter, Dead at 49

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Roy Hargrove, a keen trumpeter, who as a young steward, brilliantly bridged bebop tradition to hip-hop and R&B, died on Friday night in New York City.

He was 49.

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Roy Hargrove dead at 49

The cause was cardiac arrest, according to his longtime manager, Larry Clothier.

Hargrove had been admitted to the hospital for reasons related to kidney function; he had been on dialysis for many years, reports NPR.

Career

Hargrove was a two-time Grammy winner, in two illustrative categories: Best Jazz Instrumental Album in 2003 for Directions in Music, featuring a post-bop supergroup with pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Michael Brecker; and Best Latin Jazz Performance in 1998 for Habana, a groundbreaking Afro-Cuban project recorded in Havana.

Hargrove had been scheduled to perform on Saturday in a jazz vespers service at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., as part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival.

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