Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American

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musician and composer whose principal instruments were the

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and

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. He achieved worldwide acclaim after winning two

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s for differing styles of jazz in 1998 and 2002. Hargrove primarily played in the

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style for the majority of his albums, but also had a penchant for genre-crossing exploration and collaboration with a variety of hip hop, soul, R&B and alternative rock artists. As Hargrove told one reporter, "I've been around all kinds of musicians, and if a cat can play, a cat can play. If it's gospel, funk, R&B, jazz or hip-hop, if it's something that gets in your ear and it's good, that’s what matters."

Biography

Hargrove was born in

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, Texas, to Roy Allan Hargrove and Jacklyn Hargrove. When he was 9, his family moved to

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. He took lessons at school initially on cornet before turning to trumpet. He was discovered by

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when Marsalis visited the

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in Dallas. One of his most profound early influences was a visit to his junior high school by saxophonist

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, who performed as a sideman in

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's Band. Hargrove’s junior high music teacher, Dean Hill, whom Hargrove called his “musical father,” taught him to improvise and solo. Hargrove credited trumpeter

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as having the greatest influence on his sound. Hargrove spent a year (1988–1989) studying at Boston's

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but could more often be found playing in New York City jam sessions. He transferred to

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in New York. His first studio recording there was with saxophonist

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for Watson's album ''No Question About It''. Shortly thereafter, Hargrove recorded with the band Superblue featuring Watson,

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and

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. Hargrove topped the category "Rising Star–Trumpet" in the ''

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'' Critics Poll in 1991, 1992 and 1993. During this time in his early career, Hargrove was known as one of the “Young Lions,” a group of rising jazz musicians — including, among others,

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and

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— who, embracing the foundations of jazz, played principally bebop, hard bop and the Great American Songbook standards. Hargrove, along with other of the "Young Lions," formed an all-star band in 1991 called The Jazz Futures, which released one critically-acclaimed album ''Live in Concert'' before going their separate ways. In 1993, the

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commissioned Hargrove to compose an original jazz suite, and he premiered ''The Love Suite: In Mahogany'' at Lincoln Center with his sextet that year. In 1994, Hargrove moved to

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and recorded ''

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'', with

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, and

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. He followed with ''Family'' in 1995, and then experimented with a trio format that same year on the album ''Parker's Mood,'' with bassist

and pianist Stephen Scott.

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identifies Parker’s Mood as one of the “1001 Best Albums” in the history of the genre. In 1995, Hargrove first assembled the Roy Hargrove Big Band to perform at the Panasonic Jazz Festival in New York. The band would go on to perform worldwide and feature big band arrangements of Hargrove's own compositions as well as his favorite songs by respected contemporaries. Hargrove won the

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in 1998 for ''

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'' with Crisol, an Afro-Cuban band that he founded. He won his second Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album in 2002 for '' Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall'' with co-leaders

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and

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. Hargrove was nominated for four other Grammy Awards during his career. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hargrove was also a member of the Soulquarians, a collective of experimental jazz, hip hop and soul artists that included Questlove,

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and others. In 2000, Hargrove added jazz and funk-influenced horns in support of

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on his Grammy-winning album ''

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''. Hargrove also performed the music of

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's musical production "Dedicated To Louis Armstrong" as part of the Verizon Jazz Festival. In 2002, he collaborated with D'Angelo and

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, and

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, on two tracks for '' Red Hot & Riot'', a compilation album in tribute to the music of

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pioneer

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. He acted as

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for jazz pianist

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and spoken-word artist

on the album '' Like Water for Chocolate'' and in 2002 with singer

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on ''

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''. From 2003 to 2006, Hargrove released three albums as the leader of The RH Factor, a group that blended jazz, soul, hip hop and funk idioms. The band's second album, "Strength," was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album." After signing with Universal/EmArcy in 2008, Hargrove released a quintet album, "Earfood," which Jazziz selected as one of the 5 “essential albums” of that year. He then followed in 2009 with "Emergence," recorded with the Roy Hargrove Big Band; he received a Grammy nomination for "Best Improvised Jazz Solo" for his performance on the track "Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey" on that album. From 2009 until his death in 2018, Hargrove appeared as a sideman on recordings by

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and others. Hargrove won the trumpet category in the 2019 ''DownBeat'' Readers’ Poll. In addition to the accolades he garnered on trumpet, music critics also praised Hargrove’s tone on flugelhorn and gifted ways with a ballad. As the

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observed in 2010, "it's Hargrove's ballad playing that tends to win hearts, which is what happened every time he picked up his flugelhorn. We've been hearing Hargrove spin silk on this instrument for a couple of decades now, yet one still marvels at the poetry of his tone, the incredible slowness of his vibrato and the arching lyricism of his phrases." Over his 30-year career, Hargrove composed and recorded several original compositions, one of which, "Strasbourg-St. Denis", has been characterized as reaching the status of a

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. In July 2021, nearly three years after his death, Hargrove’s estate released via

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the double-album ''In Harmony'', a live duet recording made in 2006 and 2007 with pianist Mulgrew Miller. Slate selected ''In Harmony'' as one of the best jazz albums of 2021. The

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awarded ''In Harmony'' its prize for "Best Reissue or Best Unpublished" album of 2021. Hargrove was posthumously elected to the ''DownBeat Magazine'' "Jazz Hall of Fame" in November 2021. In June 2022, the documentary ''Hargrove'', filmed during the final year of his life, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. Hargrove's estate issued a statement objecting to the film as not what he had envisioned when agreeing to participate.

Personal life and death

A quiet and retiring person in life, Hargrove struggled with kidney failure. He died at the age of 49 of

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brought on by

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on November 2, 2018, while hospitalized in New Jersey. According to his long-time manager, Larry Clothier, Hargrove had been on dialysis for the last 14 years of his life. He is survived by his wife, Aida Brandes-Hargrove, and daughter, Kamala Hargrove, who in 2020 launched the company Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC to preserve and extend his legacy.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* 1989–90: ''Diamond in the Rough'' (

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, 1990) * 1991?: ''Public Eye'' (Novus, 1991) * 1991: ''The Tokyo Sessions'' with Antonio Hart (Novus, 1922) * 1992?: ''The Vibe'' (Novus, 1992) * 1993?: ''Of Kindred Souls: The Roy Hargrove Quintet Live'' (Novus, 1993) * 1993–94: ''Approaching Standards'' (

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/Jazz Heritage, 1995) – compilation of tracks from 4 albums * 1994: The Roy Hargrove Quintet, ''

'' (

, 1994) * 1995: ''Family'' (Verve, 1995) * 1995: ''Parker's Mood'' with

, Stephen Scott (Verve, 1995) * 1997: Roy Hargrove's Crisol, ''

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'' (Verve, 1997) – Latin Jazz Grammy Winner * 1999: Roy Hargrove with Strings, ''Moment to Moment'' (Verve, 2000) * 2001: '' Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall'' with

(Verve, 2002) – live.

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of 2003. * 2003?: The RH Factor, '' Hard Groove'' (Verve, 2003) * 2003–04?: The RH Factor, ''Strength'' EP (Verve, 2004) – includes unreleased ''Hard Groove'' (2003) sessions * 2005?: ''Nothing Serious'' (Verve, 2006) – promo version released in 2005 * 2006?: The RH Factor, ''Distractions'' (Verve, 2006) * 2007: The Roy Hargrove Quintet, ''Earfood'' (

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, 2008) * 2008: The Roy Hargrove Big Band, ''Emergence'' (Universal/Emarcy, 2009) Posthumous release * ''In Harmony'' with

(Resonance, 2021) – recorded in 2006-07

As member

Superblue * ''Superblue'' (Somethin' Else, 1988) Manhattan Projects
With Carl Allen, Donald Brown, Ira Coleman and

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* 1989: ''Dreamboat'' (Timeless, 1990) * 1989: ''Piccadilly Square'' with Carl Allen (Timeless, 1993) Jazz Futures
With Antonio Hart, Benny Green, Carl Allen,

, Marlon Jordan, Tim Warfield * ''Live in Concert'' (Novus, 1993) – live recorded in 1991 The Jazz Networks * 1991: ''Straight to the Standards'' (Novus, 1992) * 1992: ''Beauty and the Beast'' (Novus, 1993) * 1993: ''Blues 'n Ballads'' (Novus, 1994) * 1993–94: The Jazz Networks, ''The Other Day'' (BMG Japan, 1996) * 1994: The Jazz Networks, ''In The Movies'' (Novus, 1995)

As sideman

With

* 1998–99: ''

'' (

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, 2000) * 2002–14: '' Black Messiah'' (

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, 2014) With

* 1998–2000: ''

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'' (

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, 2000) * 2001–03: ''

'' (Motown, 2003) With

* 2006: ''Cobb's Corner'' (Chesky, 2007) * 2008: ''Jazz in the Key of Blue'' (Chesky, 2009) * 2016: ''Remembering U'' (Jimmy Cobb World, 2019) – posthumous release With

* 1994?: ''Chicago-New york-Paris'' (Verve, 1994) * 2008: ''Live at Ronnie Scott's'' (In+Out, 2008) – live With

* '' Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker'' ( Dreyfus Jazz, 2001) * ''Roy-Alty'' (Dreyfus Jazz, 2011) With

* 1995: ''

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'' (Verve, 1996) * 1997: '' I Remember Miles'' (Verve, 1998) * 2003: '' May the Music Never End'' (Verve, 2003) With Jimmy Smith * '' Damn!'' (Verve, 1995) * '' Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams'' (Verve, 1996) With

* 2015: ''

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'' (

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, 2016) * 2017-18: '' A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'' (Dirty Hit, 2018) * 2018-20: ''

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'' (Dirty Hit, 2020) – posthumous release With others * 1988:

& Horizon, ''No question about it'' (

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, 1988) * 1989:

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, '' Hard Groovin''' (

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, 1989) * 1990:

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, '' Furthermore'' (Landmark, 1990) * 1990:

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, '' A Lovesome Thing'' (Antilles, 1991) * 1991?: Antonio Hart, ''For the First Time'' (Novus, 1991) * 1991?:

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, ''The Proper Angle'' (CTI, 1991) * 1991:

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, '' Here's to the People'' (

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, 1991) – 2 tracks "I Wish I Knew" and "Young Roy" * 1992?:

Jackie McLean John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their deat ...

, ''Rhythm of the Earth'' (Birdology, 1992) * 1992?: V.A., ''New York Stories'' (Blue Note, 1992) * 1992:

Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups o ...

, '' Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues'' (Motown, 1993) – live * 1993: Bob Thiele Collective, ''Lion Hearted'' (Red Baron, 1993) * 1993:

Steve Coleman Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Early life Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...

, '' The Tao of Mad Phat'' (Novus, 1993) * 1993:

Rodney Kendrick Rodney Kendrick (born April 30, 1960) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. He has been described as a "hard swinging player and composer with a delightful Thelonious Monk, Monkish wit and drive". Career At twenty-one, Kendr ...

, ''The Secrets of Rodney Kendrick'' (Verve, 1993) * 1994:

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, ''Sketches of Dreams'' (Columbia, 1995) * 1994:

Marc Cary Marc Cary (born January 29, 1967) is a post bop jazz pianist based out of New York City. Cary has played and recorded with several well-known musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Arthur Taylor, Abbey Lincoln, Carl ...

, ''Cary On'' (Enja, 1995) * 1994:

, ''

Gettin' to It ''Gettin' to It'' is the debut studio album of American jazz bassist Christian McBride. The album was released in 1995 via Verve label. Background The album was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler, and released by Verve Records on 1 Sep ...

'' (Verve, 1995) * 1996:

Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and com ...

, ''

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, 1996) * 1996:

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, ...

, ''Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore'' (

Telarc Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long associ ...

, 1996) * 1997?:

Kitty Margolis Kitty Margolis (born November 7, 1955 in San Mateo, California) is an American jazz singer who founded Mad Kat Records with vocalist Madeline Eastman. She won the Talent Deserving Wider Recognition award in the critics' poll at ''Down Beat'' m ...

, ''Straight up with a Twist'' (Mad-Kat, 1997) * 1997: Fred Sanders, ''East of Vilbig'' (Leaning House Jazz, 1997) * 1999–2000:

, '' Like Water for Chocolate'' ( MCA, 2000) * 2000: Ray Brown Trio, ''Some of My Best Friends Are... The Trumpet Players'' (Telarc, 2000) * 2001?:

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. An early bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells and the Steve Miller Band, he began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until h ...

, '' Dig'' (

, 2001) * 2002:

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...

, ''

Ask a Woman Who Knows ''Ask a Woman Who Knows'' is a 2002 jazz album by vocalist Natalie Cole, with guest Diana Krall, and receiving four Grammy Award nominations. Background Courtesy of the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, Cole projects her aura on to songs once recor ...

'' (Verve, 2002) – 1 track "I'm Glad There Is You" * 2003?: Randal Corsen, ''Armonia'' (AJA, 2003) * 2005:

Anke Helfrich Anke Helfrich (born 11 November 1966) is a German jazz pianist and composer. Life and work Helfrich grew up in Windhoek, Namibia and Weinheim, Germany where she received piano lessons. She studied in the Netherlands at the Amsterdamse Hoogeschoo ...

, ''Better Times Ahead'' (Double Moon, 2006) * 2005:

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, ''Update'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2006) * 2006:

John Mayer John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with ...

, ''

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'' ( Aware, 2006) * 2008?: John Beasley, ''Letter to Herbie'' (

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, 2008) * 2008?: Roy Assaf & Eddy Khaimovich Quartet, ''Andarta'' (

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, 2008) * 2008:

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

, ''A Night in Monte Carlo'' (Dreyfus/

Concord Jazz Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the j ...

, 2010) – live * 2010?:

Angelique Kidjo Angelique or Angélique may refer to: * Angélique (given name), a French feminine name Arts and entertainment Music * Angélique (instrument), a string instrument of the lute family * ''Angélique'', a 1927 opéra bouffe by Jacques Ibert * ...

, ''Õÿö'' (Razor & Tie, 2010) – 1 track "Samba pa ti" * 2010:

+ Friends, ''Live at Smalls'' ( SmallsLIVE, 2011) – live * 2011: Laïka Fatien, ''Come A Little Closer'' (Universal Music, 2012) * 2011?: Stan Killian, ''Unified'' (Sunnyside, 2011) * 2003–11: Jim Martinez and Friends, ''He Keeps Me Swinging - Jazz Praise IV'' (Invisible Touch, 2011) * 2015?: Ameen Saleem, ''The Grove Lab'' (Jando Music S.r.l., 2015) * 2017:

Johnny O'Neal Johnny O'Neal (born October 10, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American neo-bop jazz pianist and vocalist. His playing ranges from the technically virtuosic to the tenderest of ballad interpretations. Though unique in style, he is influenced ...

, ''In The Moment'' (Smoke Sessions, 2017) * 2018?:

Kandace Springs Kandace Springs (born January 17, 1989) is an American jazz and soul singer and pianist. She has released four studio albums. Biography Kandace Springs was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, in 1989. Her father Scat Springs was a sess ...

, ''Indigo'' (Blue Note, 2018) – 1 track "Unsophisticated"

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