My Take
Roy Hargrove coming out of Waco, Texas — not exactly a jazz hotbed — and becoming one of the most celebrated trumpeters of his generation tells you everything about the size of his talent. He studied at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas and later Berklee, and by his mid-twenties he was already trading ideas with legends and holding his own. What I love most about Hargrove is that he refused to stay in one lane: he won a Grammy for Latin jazz in 1998 and then a second for straight-ahead jazz instrumental in 2002, which basically proves the man could do anything with a horn. His flugelhorn work especially had this warm, almost aching quality that just got under your skin. Losing him in 2018 at only 49 felt genuinely cruel — he had so much road still ahead of him.
Overview
Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American jazz musician and composer whose principal instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn. He achieved critical acclaim after winning two Grammy Awards for differing styles of jazz in 1998 and 2002.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roy Hargrove
- Name (Japanese)
- ロイ・ハーグローヴ
- Reading
- ろい・はーぐろーゔ
- Born
- October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rooster
- Origin
- Waco, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- trumpeter / jazz musician / brass player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
- University
- Berklee College of Music
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
- 2002 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.