Earfood – Roy Hargrove

Even if you don't recognize his name, you've heard his sound. Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove played trumpet on, and contributed arrangements to, D'Angelo's Voodoo, Common's Like Water for Chocolate, and Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun. He was equally at home with neo-soul and hip-hop, and straight-ahead acoustic jazz. At the same time he was contributing to era-defining Soulquarian projects, he was producing music with his jazz quintet. Today, jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin listen to his 2008 masterpiece Earfood and explore why it may be the perfect jazz album for the jazz-curious neo-soul fan. Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs: https://openstudiojazz.com/ ------------------------------- Learn to talk like a jazz musician. Download the Liner Notes FREE today: https://yhi.link/earfood ------------------------------- Learn to play tracks from You'll Hear It. Join the You'll Hear It Players Club: https://yhi.link/players-club ------------------------------- 📞 Send us a message: https://youllhearit.com/ ------------------------------ About You'll Hear It: Jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin unpack popular albums track-by-track in this weekly listening party. They talk about what their trained ears hear in the music, offering audiences a new window into the records they love. 00:00 The hidden force behind neo-soul 02:04 Roy Hargrove’s early years 07:07 D’Angelo, Voodoo and the Soulquarians 9:25 The RH Factor and Roy’s quintet 15:08 I’m Not So Sure 23:10 Brown 27:24 Strasbourg / St. Denis 32:01 Starmaker 34:09 Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked 38:56 The Stinger 44:43 Rouge 49:06 Mr. Clean 51:37 Style 54:01 Divine 55:45 To Wisdom the Prize 57:11 Speak Low 1:00:26 Bring It On Home to Me 1:02:04 Adam and Peter’s favourite moments 1:08:47 The final verdict