Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove — who has labored with everybody from Frequent to Erykah Badu — handed away on Friday (November 2). Longtime supervisor Larry Clothier confirmed the information to NPR.
The Grammy Award-winning musician suffered a deadly coronary heart assault in New York Metropolis on Friday night time. Over the course his profession, Hargrove contributed to a number of notable albums, together with Badu’s Mama’s Gun and Frequent’s Like Water For Chocolate.
Hargrove struggled with substance abuse all through his life. In 2014, he pleaded responsible to cocaine possession in Manhattan felony court docket and was sentenced to 2 days neighborhood service.These near Hargrove say he had lately began down the highway restoration.
“No matter it was for lots years, it was radically, drastically curtailed over the past yr or two,” Clothier stated. “He was taking part in nice; he actually had himself again collectively. This final run we did in Europe, it was nearly as good as I heard him play within the final 10 years.”
Hargrove’s mates, admirers and fellow musicians have come out in droves to mourn his passing.
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