I adore this person, he plays so breathtakingly that makes me cry, once i listened to him couldn't stop since then... i love him as a wonderful musician and a great person...
There were and are many great trumpet players.......but Armstrong was force of nature........there's no point in comparing players any who. Let's just listen..
sitting here smoking a ciggarete listening to the most soulful and heart warming version of this song just as cats would do back in the 40's and 50's and im only 18 years old
man i wish i lived in that era! and i wish this song would never end!! its absoulelty amazing! hargrove was meant for jazz!
Roy is an amazing talent! Heard him @ Birdland last year. What a gorgeous performance. Ironically enough (in response to the BigBoyDarrell post) my favorite recording of this piece is by Arturo Sandoval on his "I Remember Clifford" CD which showcases his his true genius - not screaming out triple C's but delivering a richness of tone, phrasing and interpretation that leaves me speechless. (His live performance of it here on Youtube is awful but the CD version is flawless!).
Something about this concept of virtuosity as a measure in jazz. Virtuosity can be boring as hell, monotonous when overused - and not jazz when it don't swing. Taste is a part of it. Miles could NEVER hit the range of Diz, but Miles and Diz are immortal. The defining quality of a great jazz soloist is that they more often than most actually COMPOSE in the moment. On a great night, the solo seems written its ideas are so lucid and perfect. Hargrove won the repsect of his peers based in that.
The song is about love and the loss of life of someone near and dear to jazz to the jazz world at a very early age. Let that message not be lost among those lost in the debate about whose technique is better. Better, best, is a fools errand for either is only in the ear of the beholder. Love on the other hand is universally experienced reality that each of us can identify with. Well, that's my story and don't ask me to drop it. Enjoy.
It's always interesting to read the clowns on here who scribe the hierarchy of talent as they view it, usually with little or no basis on which to utter such proclamations.
Roy is soulful, whimsical and versatile. One of the greats. I cannot equate him with Arturo Sandoval - the finest trumpeter in the history of music, but Roy is always a pleasure.
@BigBoyDarrell I can not believe your statement. How can you not believe Arturo is not the greatest player ever? Either you don't play trumpet, or don't know beans about music. Arturo is by far the most talented and flexible player that ever lived. If you don't think we are right who would you dare to say is better? I would love to listen to them. Also, this is a great rendition of this song. Bobby Shew does a great version as well.
@pal51961 Numero uno, i am a trumpet player.. numero two, Im very musically inclined, and its that reason why i don't like arturo... Yes, his range and speed are AMAZING! but in my opinion, his improv is ENTIRELY to predictable. Either he's gonna be ripping some insane 32nd note passage for an entire chorus, or he's gonna wail his ass off... thats it!!! compare him to a Brandon Lee or Sean Jones or Lee Morgan, and his vocabulary isn't anywhere as strong.
@BigBoyDarrell All of the player you mentioned are fabulous no doubt. I think that we are talking about 2 different animals here. Arturo has more technique and range than any player on the planet. He can also play Night in Tunisia then play the Hummel concerto the next night. His versitility is unmatched. His improve is not the quality of Bobby Shew, Guido Basso of Miles. For you to say you don't like him? Come on, his playing is fabulous on every level. That is why I questioned you.
@BigBoyDarrell All of the player you mentioned are fabulous no doubt. I think that we are talking about 2 different animals here. Arturo has more technique and range than any player on the planet. He can also play Night in Tunisia then play the Hummel concerto the next night. His versitility is unmatched. His improve is not the quality of Bobby Shew, Guido Basso of Miles. For you to say you don't like him? Come on, his playing is fabulous on every level. That is why I questioned you.
@pal51961 Yea, i do like him, i just find myself saying i don't like him because he's so predictable. In my opinion, if he didn't showboat so much, but instead soloed using raw emotion and actually painted a picture musically for me, that would be alot better. His range and speed along with good ideas would prob remind me of jon faddis, another killing guy. but i DEF see where ur comin from brotha. The guy is a fucking monster, i just prefer other players ya dig
@BigBoyDarrell Greatness in musicianship is not predicated alone on acrobatic playing. It involves connecting the brass instrument to the soul of the performer as an extension of his spirit. I feel that in Arturo Sandova this takes place only in about sixty percent of his overall performance. There is greatness in his technique, but he rarely moves me. Louis Armstrong, was one of the most honest interpreters. He played with his naked soul. Roy Hargrove is approaching that honesty.
@kalpubinc - I agree. You ever check out that Mingus "Colloquial Dream (Scenes in the City)", the bonus track on "Tijuana Moods"? Man, talk about connecting the souls of man and metal, dig Clarence Shaw's solo (an allusion to "Night in Tunisia") - wow! Few acrobatics (save a flawless and tasteful tonguing technique for that "Latin tinge"), few notes, just a crystalline and concise composition IN THE MOMENT, you know? Just caught your statement after listening to that solo about 10 times 2dayLOL
@fr3lonbrun Precisely, like water, the vital, the essential things in life are simple; but like water, they are eternal, for they connect physically and spiritually all living things.The clearer and transparent the water, the most drinkable that it is; and transparency in water makes the water to reflect kindred SOULS like a mirror. You, fr3lonbrun, are truly a spiritual brother. I'll certainly check out your two suggested pieces. PEACE AND LOVE.
@kalpubinc right you are, even within all the boundaries that this challenging music presents, there will be a few gifted artists to scratch at the surface of something truly beautiful and new. Keepin' it real, telling us something important. I like how you call it 'honesty'.
@kalpubinc you have a good ear my friend and I couldn't agree more with your interpretation. Another player (who I've heard live) alla Arturo is James Morrison (again the technique is out of this world!) ... but he sounds often as if he uses the music as a display of his own technical mastery of the instrument. Miles / Chet / Harrell / Hargrove ... these guys are all 'in the music' and I just feel technique should always be in the service of the music.
@Arborwaychet You just said it, my friend, "...technique should always be in the service of music," otherwise the expression is banal, show-offish, and remains on surface level without reaching deep into the soul. When a performer, such as Hargrove, touches his soul with his instrument, then it reaches you and me and all humanity, for the essence of our soul is the same. Thanks for sharing such sensitive and beautiful thoughts.
@kalpubinc I was last Friday to a concert of Roy and I can confirm what you say so elegantly. Roy is a great gentleman of trumpet. He delivers such an emotion when he plays that you just have to close your eyes and you travel through the universe. Technique of some trumpeters is spectacular (Arturo and a lot of others) but it's cold. After hearing Roy, you are floating in the air, trying to rebuilt in your mind the sounds of the dream you just have lived (sorry for my english, I'm french...)
IMHO, the best rendition I've heard of this tune since Lee Morgan. Roy is one of the most soulful musicians alive--thanks so much for sharing this beautiful video with the world!
of "i remember clifford" by now. im not gonna say, this one is obviously better. nah, they all played it beautifully. i listened to roy, freddie, arturo, and lee. so just sit back and enjoy the music.
anyways, gawd, i love this song. so beautifully written, and its played beautifully
um guys, let me ask this how can you compare someone like lee or freddie or roy together. they all have their own styles and ways of playing so its hard to truly say who is better. thats like comparing michael brecker and joshua redman(guys im a sax player, i just love this song) yeah, there will be opinions of who likes what better. but the way some of you say it and get so defensive about your favorite version. and make it sound like its the best one hands down. i've listened to a couple of
@enward327 u were probably in lee morgan. no it doesnt yo. lee morgan probably sucks cuz u only had one trumpeter, one sax, etc. jazz big bands are better than combos in my opinion. plus, this is a fluglehorn piece so stfu and u wish roy hargrove was blown out of the water.
@superiorinstinct55 oh crap i meant not lee morgan. ur right lee morgan is sexy, but this is pretty good too. i thought u meant a combo i saw earlier in it my bad. it was like something lee morgan but it wasnt actually lee morgan. my bad... i thought u were talking about something else
@jb60587 i could never sound like him..for me to do that id have to buy a trumpet where the bell would accomedate that...plus a megatone for a darker sound lol
my tone is so bright...and seeing how i just brought at 43model stradivarius..that didnt help at all it just made me sound even brighter...hell ive been told that my tone is "sparkling" for watever reason that means
@pal51961 no i havent i walked into my high school being told i should buy one from my band director...but hey im just lazy and suburn always did what i wanted...but the next time i get some more cash ill buy one instead of waste all this money on unless misc.
His command of the instrument is amazing, and he coaxes one of the most beautiful tones I've ever heard on any instrument out of that flugle. Not to mention thats the sexiest horn I've ever seen.
so good, i swear when i hear this recording, at one point i feel like i wanna cry, roy really feels his music when he plays it, and makes others feel is too.
I transcribed this.......n it totally changed the way i move between major n diminished chords. Roy's a genius....... its hard to copy his tone tho.....thats impossible to copy. lol! N i like the harmons...a cup would be too raw...the harmons give it a more mature sound n adds to the "grease" from the trombones. Good stuff...... is that Maurice in the trumpet setion?!
at ashrafilm, and there are no exceptions to your racist observations, otherwise we would see black people playing sports created by white people, like baseball, basketball and football, or what about asians, they're short, none of them could ever be in the nba... yeah, pretty sure a white person could never even consider playing jazz
this guy has great tone and he seems to know the part well enough but the background with the harmon mutes is a little bit rattley maybe if it had cup mutes instead this guy's feature would be a little better than it already is
the ownership of blues spirituals jazz and hip hop soul r and b and the whole lot the ownership is africa, because it is something that they own, they just are the best, thats why miles dizzy louis john coltrane sonny rollins parker ella and the whole lot they got it, its theirs we jsut gotta give them it, they own jazz, enuff now.
ashrafilm, you are seriously obsessed man, nobody owns jazz... people often think you can own art, but art is not something that can be controled or interpreted as something that belongs to anyone, it is something unique, natural, a talent you have inside.. it's a gift.. so please just enjoy the gift, ok? ciao
It actually originated down South, around New Orleans, because that's where a lot of African folks ended up after the Civil War. They meshed all of their ritual dances and stuff up, and eventually they added horns and other instruments, and jazz was born. Of course, there were no chords, it was all played by ear, and what sounded good and what didn't.
@ashrafilm Yeah but Zoot Sims is one funky white boy! (among dozens of others.)
I see your point, but you forget the most important part: we are all children of Africa, far enough back (it's not just a metaphor; it's science). The trick is reaching far enough back into your genetic past to embrace the spirit of the Motherland and say it with music. The problems arise when you reject these roots and try to play jazz without acknowledging them.
JazzPianist said it best, though: nobody "owns" it.
But unfortunately I do not like the background. This sort of bigband sound does not fit too well to this song. It is too brigt. Some decent piano, a bass and a drummer. That's all this song needs. I remember clifford is such a fragile song.
I agree with ashrafilm. Blacks in this country made major accomplishments towards the development of what we now call jazz. I was fortunate to have an "old" jazz teacher when I studied music in B'klyn. He always stressed our influence and the history of Jazz - it's roots and time signatures from Africa and its American roots in New Orleans. Also, he said how Hip Hop has a negative image, Jazz had the same negative connotations in its early development. Jazz was mainly played by Blacks.
it is, you own it and the white house, you is own it! you are it, you must be proud, stevie wodner MJ, james brown luther vandross the whole lot, its all american blacks peoples invention. you is own it.
Thank you. The point I was making is that a lot people like to believe that "Whites" created Jazz - b/c they see Whites playing it today. But as mentioned, the early Jazz musicians told me that Jazz was rejected by "Whites" at first. Then when Jazz became cool, White musicians started playing Jazz.
its gotta be admitted, i will admit and accept that if the american black man or woman owns anything that is sacred in the arts, its this noble music we call jazz! because if the europeans lay claim to bach mozart beethoven and the rest, then black america has their group of leading players and in the regard of jazz, it's the black man! i aint being racist, but tehy ahve the right to lay claim to it, ebcause after all the whites have taken their history away, so please enuff bullshit!,
well i owe it to them for giving a white person, such as myself, something as enjoyable as jazz. however, i think jazz a universal language used by musicians everywhere to say things that words just can't express. as to where it came from i have nothing but respect and admiration to the pioneers in this art form.
YYYYYEEEESSSS!!! After 10 minutes I can post my comment!! Before I was flying in my dreams!!! I am trumpeter but I don't want to speak of his perfect technic or tone. He just flies me to the moon!!! So perfect!!!
I had the pleasure of playing with Roy several times. This is a great example of the complete player Roy has become. I rank him right up there with Miles as far as his phrasing and ideas are concerned. Roy's execution, tone, and range take him to the next level. I have often wondered if someone would try to record Sketches of Spain, man would I love to hear Roy's interpretation of this classic. Make no mistake, he is among a handfull of players at this level.
I think I've listened to every interpretation of this stunning ballad on Youtube but I've replayed Roy's at least 100 times. Every note is pure and simply beauty. This is how the flugel is meant to be. Gives you a huge lump in the throat.
Man! There is no more beautiful instrument than the Flugelhorn, when played well!
funkee1 2 weeks ago 2
@funkee1 there's also the tenor horn one octave below :-)
schnieef 1 week ago
Very yes...Control of the situation..Not over playing..Playing it where it does the most good..Wow I dig your playing Roy....Joseph.May God bless!
fredschreffler 1 month ago
Just look at his facial expressions from 2:35-2:50... Even when he's not playing the music, he can't stop his emotions from showing
MrChargerfan71 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
This is such a melodic & gorgeous tune. Roy interprets it beautifully.
MrPaljoey 1 month ago
I adore this person, he plays so breathtakingly that makes me cry, once i listened to him couldn't stop since then... i love him as a wonderful musician and a great person...
ninomagla 2 months ago
wow.. this is jazz at its finest. im sure clifford would be very proud
beast21lopez 2 months ago
There were and are many great trumpet players.......but Armstrong was force of nature........there's no point in comparing players any who. Let's just listen..
jazzadosa 2 months ago
Flugelhorn. :)
HorseThymeFresh 3 months ago
I wonder if Clifford Browne is listening to this
DrewDavis1650 3 months ago
I wonder if Clifford Browne is listening to thiss
DrewDavis1650 3 months ago
I have no questions. Wonderful climate.
Vassagus78 4 months ago
:D
StaticJeff1 4 months ago
damn...those brush strokes are amazing! i'll have whatever the drummer is having. Cheers!
drumbum4628 5 months ago
This makes me want to cry. But in a wonderful way.
KevinMcClain241 5 months ago
Check out lee Morgan's arrangement it is by far the best of them all
SirFartToMuch 5 months ago
What is this horn ? Van Laar ? Inderbinen ?
Mbiwan 5 months ago
@Mbiwan Inderbinen "Wood" flugelhorn
intrepidpooch 4 months ago
ciganiiiiiiiiii !!! xDDD
iloveandsupportmiley 5 months ago
cao mama!!! :D hahahhaha
iloveandsupportmiley 5 months ago
oh my gosh i love feeling the music i love everything about roy hargrove he is tied with marsalis for my favorite trumpeters
death0squirrel 5 months ago
what is the name of this DvD???????
daniel091989 5 months ago
Where is this arrangement? I need to find this.
MrChargerfan71 6 months ago
Is there anyway that i could Purchase this version? I would love this on my iPod.
TrumpetRed114 6 months ago
3:14 oh my god
teerent20 7 months ago
sitting here smoking a ciggarete listening to the most soulful and heart warming version of this song just as cats would do back in the 40's and 50's and im only 18 years old
man i wish i lived in that era! and i wish this song would never end!! its absoulelty amazing! hargrove was meant for jazz!
MMJ420Gardener 7 months ago
Good shit.
KillerTpt 7 months ago
god his solo is beautiful.
TheJazzSwings 7 months ago
where can i buy this arrangement???
seriouslyswingnjazz 8 months ago
Him playing this certainly makes me remember Clifford
Imagine4561 9 months ago
i remember playin this on T. sax in high school..good stuff:)
XxDWillxX 9 months ago
incredible balladeer, Roy is.
TadRapidly 10 months ago
Roy is an amazing talent! Heard him @ Birdland last year. What a gorgeous performance. Ironically enough (in response to the BigBoyDarrell post) my favorite recording of this piece is by Arturo Sandoval on his "I Remember Clifford" CD which showcases his his true genius - not screaming out triple C's but delivering a richness of tone, phrasing and interpretation that leaves me speechless. (His live performance of it here on Youtube is awful but the CD version is flawless!).
ebourquetunes 10 months ago
Roy Hargrove is one of the most gifted musicians to hit the Jazz stream... Awesome young man...
Jazzhog 11 months ago
Anyone know who's arrangement this is? I want to order it.
JazzTrumpetBlues 11 months ago
@dizzybird20
- Also, he approaches that note from 1/2 step below (2+3) - smoothest transition is to 3 alone. One piston moves up instead of one up & one down.
~R
Basso9x13 11 months ago
this guy plays this song the best from everyone i have heard this song is beautiful
ALAIN101skate 11 months ago
i remember clifford too...
DUKOMENTAL 11 months ago
brilliant!!
MaxSutter94 11 months ago
As per BigBoyDarrell-WELL SAID!!
Hoivenman 1 year ago
It's like he's making love to it.
avenged7xguitar 1 year ago
Amazing performance, goes without saying.
Just wondering though, what's up with that alternate fingering at 1:51?
dannyinternetz 1 year ago
3:17 OMFG!!! Niiiiiiiiiiiiice
denukio 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite tunes and will be one of them for all times. roy hargrove is maybe one of the best musicians this century is blessed with.
ollithehorn 1 year ago
I love that song...
laurens36 1 year ago
his tone is... perfect..
squintzzz 1 year ago
Euh!... fabuleux,quelle virtuosité,je ne dirais qu'une chose merci pour tant de générosité artistique... Merci ROY...
aimeking 1 year ago
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can't get any better than that
donpataton1 1 year ago
can't get any better than that
donpataton1 1 year ago
2 people must be deaf and racist... O_o
whaguina 1 year ago 5
@whaguina ha!
pzcato 1 year ago
He graduated from my school.
BugleBoy2013 1 year ago
man que lindo toca roy dios lo bendiga siempreeeeee, que lindo,
pinole2010 1 year ago 2
one dislike??
TonyF273 1 year ago
awww beautiful! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxlong live africa!!!!!!!!!!!!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ashrafilm 1 year ago
so kind.. gentle..
yoskiss 1 year ago 3
anyone know if he is coming to colorado anytime soon???
TheMilesL 1 year ago
Something about this concept of virtuosity as a measure in jazz. Virtuosity can be boring as hell, monotonous when overused - and not jazz when it don't swing. Taste is a part of it. Miles could NEVER hit the range of Diz, but Miles and Diz are immortal. The defining quality of a great jazz soloist is that they more often than most actually COMPOSE in the moment. On a great night, the solo seems written its ideas are so lucid and perfect. Hargrove won the repsect of his peers based in that.
fr3lonbrun 1 year ago
lol to the scoopy alto behind him haha
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jasont0815 1 year ago
Uma aula de interpretação e um improviso virtuosíssimo!!!
Um ícone entre os trompetistas modernos!!!
chicletedosax 1 year ago
The song is about love and the loss of life of someone near and dear to jazz to the jazz world at a very early age. Let that message not be lost among those lost in the debate about whose technique is better. Better, best, is a fools errand for either is only in the ear of the beholder. Love on the other hand is universally experienced reality that each of us can identify with. Well, that's my story and don't ask me to drop it. Enjoy.
gregoryusa1 1 year ago 2
@gregoryusa1 Very Very well said. Thank you.
huntertima 1 year ago
i'm can't get tired of listening to this and remembering clifford
absolutely never..
gogodol 1 year ago
Anyone knows similar tunes to this? Please drop me a message :)
MaggotBrain123 1 year ago
This piece sounds so good on flugel...
jacobflaschen 1 year ago
I love it
rlee1005 1 year ago
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pal51961 1 year ago
It's always interesting to read the clowns on here who scribe the hierarchy of talent as they view it, usually with little or no basis on which to utter such proclamations.
mrfungo 1 year ago
Roy is soulful, whimsical and versatile. One of the greats. I cannot equate him with Arturo Sandoval - the finest trumpeter in the history of music, but Roy is always a pleasure.
JAZZOLOGIST1 1 year ago
@JAZZOLOGIST1 arturo sandoval, the fines trumpet player in the history of music?!? WOW, never thought i would have heard that one
BigBoyDarrell 1 year ago
@BigBoyDarrell I can not believe your statement. How can you not believe Arturo is not the greatest player ever? Either you don't play trumpet, or don't know beans about music. Arturo is by far the most talented and flexible player that ever lived. If you don't think we are right who would you dare to say is better? I would love to listen to them. Also, this is a great rendition of this song. Bobby Shew does a great version as well.
pal51961 1 year ago
@pal51961 Numero uno, i am a trumpet player.. numero two, Im very musically inclined, and its that reason why i don't like arturo... Yes, his range and speed are AMAZING! but in my opinion, his improv is ENTIRELY to predictable. Either he's gonna be ripping some insane 32nd note passage for an entire chorus, or he's gonna wail his ass off... thats it!!! compare him to a Brandon Lee or Sean Jones or Lee Morgan, and his vocabulary isn't anywhere as strong.
BigBoyDarrell 1 year ago 2
@BigBoyDarrell All of the player you mentioned are fabulous no doubt. I think that we are talking about 2 different animals here. Arturo has more technique and range than any player on the planet. He can also play Night in Tunisia then play the Hummel concerto the next night. His versitility is unmatched. His improve is not the quality of Bobby Shew, Guido Basso of Miles. For you to say you don't like him? Come on, his playing is fabulous on every level. That is why I questioned you.
pal51961 1 year ago
@BigBoyDarrell All of the player you mentioned are fabulous no doubt. I think that we are talking about 2 different animals here. Arturo has more technique and range than any player on the planet. He can also play Night in Tunisia then play the Hummel concerto the next night. His versitility is unmatched. His improve is not the quality of Bobby Shew, Guido Basso of Miles. For you to say you don't like him? Come on, his playing is fabulous on every level. That is why I questioned you.
pal51961 1 year ago
@pal51961 Yea, i do like him, i just find myself saying i don't like him because he's so predictable. In my opinion, if he didn't showboat so much, but instead soloed using raw emotion and actually painted a picture musically for me, that would be alot better. His range and speed along with good ideas would prob remind me of jon faddis, another killing guy. but i DEF see where ur comin from brotha. The guy is a fucking monster, i just prefer other players ya dig
BigBoyDarrell 1 year ago
@BigBoyDarrell Greatness in musicianship is not predicated alone on acrobatic playing. It involves connecting the brass instrument to the soul of the performer as an extension of his spirit. I feel that in Arturo Sandova this takes place only in about sixty percent of his overall performance. There is greatness in his technique, but he rarely moves me. Louis Armstrong, was one of the most honest interpreters. He played with his naked soul. Roy Hargrove is approaching that honesty.
kalpubinc 1 year ago 84
@kalpubinc - I agree. You ever check out that Mingus "Colloquial Dream (Scenes in the City)", the bonus track on "Tijuana Moods"? Man, talk about connecting the souls of man and metal, dig Clarence Shaw's solo (an allusion to "Night in Tunisia") - wow! Few acrobatics (save a flawless and tasteful tonguing technique for that "Latin tinge"), few notes, just a crystalline and concise composition IN THE MOMENT, you know? Just caught your statement after listening to that solo about 10 times 2dayLOL
fr3lonbrun 1 year ago
@fr3lonbrun Precisely, like water, the vital, the essential things in life are simple; but like water, they are eternal, for they connect physically and spiritually all living things.The clearer and transparent the water, the most drinkable that it is; and transparency in water makes the water to reflect kindred SOULS like a mirror. You, fr3lonbrun, are truly a spiritual brother. I'll certainly check out your two suggested pieces. PEACE AND LOVE.
kalpubinc 1 year ago
@kalpubinc right you are, even within all the boundaries that this challenging music presents, there will be a few gifted artists to scratch at the surface of something truly beautiful and new. Keepin' it real, telling us something important. I like how you call it 'honesty'.
peace brother
waroffn 1 year ago 18
@kalpubinc You are absolutely correct. I guess this is why I liked big Al Hirt and also Freddy Hubbard so much.
kenzo5716 1 year ago 3
@kalpubinc
I think he has approached that honesty, no doubt about it.
TheMilesL 1 year ago 5
@kalpubinc you have a good ear my friend and I couldn't agree more with your interpretation. Another player (who I've heard live) alla Arturo is James Morrison (again the technique is out of this world!) ... but he sounds often as if he uses the music as a display of his own technical mastery of the instrument. Miles / Chet / Harrell / Hargrove ... these guys are all 'in the music' and I just feel technique should always be in the service of the music.
Arborwaychet 8 months ago 5
@Arborwaychet You just said it, my friend, "...technique should always be in the service of music," otherwise the expression is banal, show-offish, and remains on surface level without reaching deep into the soul. When a performer, such as Hargrove, touches his soul with his instrument, then it reaches you and me and all humanity, for the essence of our soul is the same. Thanks for sharing such sensitive and beautiful thoughts.
kalpubinc 8 months ago
@kalpubinc he'll get there if he lives that long
bigmang25 6 months ago
@kalpubinc I was last Friday to a concert of Roy and I can confirm what you say so elegantly. Roy is a great gentleman of trumpet. He delivers such an emotion when he plays that you just have to close your eyes and you travel through the universe. Technique of some trumpeters is spectacular (Arturo and a lot of others) but it's cold. After hearing Roy, you are floating in the air, trying to rebuilt in your mind the sounds of the dream you just have lived (sorry for my english, I'm french...)
zachberto 4 months ago 5
@kalpubinc Why my good fellow i found that interesting
SoulReaperRX 3 months ago
IMHO, the best rendition I've heard of this tune since Lee Morgan. Roy is one of the most soulful musicians alive--thanks so much for sharing this beautiful video with the world!
intrepidpooch 1 year ago
flugel how i love you
KeithJost 1 year ago
awsome tone..love it
jelleverloes 1 year ago
beautiful music !!!!!
JACQUILLO2 1 year ago
of "i remember clifford" by now. im not gonna say, this one is obviously better. nah, they all played it beautifully. i listened to roy, freddie, arturo, and lee. so just sit back and enjoy the music.
anyways, gawd, i love this song. so beautifully written, and its played beautifully
dethrising 1 year ago
um guys, let me ask this how can you compare someone like lee or freddie or roy together. they all have their own styles and ways of playing so its hard to truly say who is better. thats like comparing michael brecker and joshua redman(guys im a sax player, i just love this song) yeah, there will be opinions of who likes what better. but the way some of you say it and get so defensive about your favorite version. and make it sound like its the best one hands down. i've listened to a couple of
dethrising 1 year ago
this is absolutely beautiful
i found this viddeo about 4 days ago and i cant stop hearing it
the emotion that hargrove puts into that horn is unbelievable
fuck all that rap shit this is real music!
JazzNaySean 1 year ago 2
who disliked this video?
bdiaz12345 1 year ago 2
who is the one faggot who didnt like this >:-(
JazzNaySean 1 year ago 2
I think his trumpet tone is superior to his flugel. Check out The Joint.
enward327 1 year ago
Well played, but Lee Morgan still blows it out of the water.
enward327 1 year ago 3
@enward327 u were probably in lee morgan. no it doesnt yo. lee morgan probably sucks cuz u only had one trumpeter, one sax, etc. jazz big bands are better than combos in my opinion. plus, this is a fluglehorn piece so stfu and u wish roy hargrove was blown out of the water.
superiorinstinct55 1 year ago
@superiorinstinct55 oh crap i meant not lee morgan. ur right lee morgan is sexy, but this is pretty good too. i thought u meant a combo i saw earlier in it my bad. it was like something lee morgan but it wasnt actually lee morgan. my bad... i thought u were talking about something else
superiorinstinct55 1 year ago
@enward327 he might be the original but look what emotion he puts into this song
no doubt lee morgan is amazing
but i think hargrove really took this song to a new level
JazzNaySean 1 year ago
i love this flugel horn tone...hell i prefer over his trumpet =)
jamalb1993sbcglobal 1 year ago
@jamalb1993sbcglobal mid register its almost the same. he has such a dark trumpet sound. but lower register is where its most apparent. awesome vid
jb60587 1 year ago
@jb60587 i could never sound like him..for me to do that id have to buy a trumpet where the bell would accomedate that...plus a megatone for a darker sound lol
my tone is so bright...and seeing how i just brought at 43model stradivarius..that didnt help at all it just made me sound even brighter...hell ive been told that my tone is "sparkling" for watever reason that means
jamalb1993sbcglobal 1 year ago
@jamalb1993sbcglobal Have you tried a monet mouthpiece?
pal51961 1 year ago
@pal51961 no i havent i walked into my high school being told i should buy one from my band director...but hey im just lazy and suburn always did what i wanted...but the next time i get some more cash ill buy one instead of waste all this money on unless misc.
jamalb1993sbcglobal 1 year ago
Wow just wow. His tone is like velvet.
ironman1357 1 year ago
@ironman1357 yessir
jamalb1993sbcglobal 1 year ago
Roy has harmony that is unique to him. At least non of the modern trumpeters have it. He always has a great feel for ballads.
artisms 1 year ago
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superiorinstinct55 1 year ago
of all the i remember clifford videos ive seen, this is probably the best one :) dang nice man. like this if you are a trumpet/fluglehorn player
superiorinstinct55 1 year ago
awesome
jazztrumpeter01 1 year ago
I love Inderbinen instruments. Smooth and hot sound :-)
peak60723 1 year ago
His command of the instrument is amazing, and he coaxes one of the most beautiful tones I've ever heard on any instrument out of that flugle. Not to mention thats the sexiest horn I've ever seen.
orjazzmicintentions 1 year ago 24
@orjazzmicintentions
what flugal and trumpet does he play?
TheMilesL 1 year ago
@TheMilesL Inderbinen I think.
Zombbg4 1 year ago
@Zombbg4
Thanks!!!
TheMilesL 1 year ago
@TheMilesL theyre probably custom jobs. that flugel is like nothing ive ever come across
dontevenstartme 1 year ago
@dontevenstartme It's the Wood model Flugel Horn made in Switzerland.
JazzTrumpetBlues 11 months ago
amazing
genuineforce 1 year ago
love it
MrRose2012 1 year ago
the best of all records of ''I Remember Clifford'' !!!
Raphaeltrp 1 year ago 2
what band is this? RH is a man! dang.. so cool
DasBullWy 1 year ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars.
kaseyWtrumpet 1 year ago
@kaseyWtrumpet it sure is. Saw these guys play this in NYC and Roy was amazing
mrsimms101 1 year ago
Hargrove is the illest
blacklungsjoe 1 year ago 2
man, Hargrove got soul. and soul, that's something you can't teach or buy. he's one of our best.
trotskyone 1 year ago 2
I play sax and I like playing this on soprano sax. If I was to pick one instrument that I would like to play instead of the sax It would be this.
Do not think I could ever sould like RH though
saxman1258 2 years ago
Roy Hargrove can play.
Jazzelegance 2 years ago 9
MrPerice is there anyway I could get a copy of that transcription too??
dcnationals74 2 years ago
nice!
VJSco 2 years ago
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omg he looks like hes holding that shit in and he doesnt want to let it out kinda funny looking.
guysaxophone 2 years ago
This song makes me miss Clifford Brown. So talented and taken way too early. Thanks Roy for keeping the tradition going.
cbazz68 2 years ago 4
I love I Remember Clifford. Hargrove does a great job on it. I think my favorite in Freddie Hubbard's version though.
signupandmakemoney 2 years ago
this is the best version of i remember clifford i have ever heard. I saw him play with his quintet about a week ago. 2:33 is funny
solostrad 2 years ago
chicago? I might have sat next to u lol.
coolstruttin1 2 years ago
no, la
solostrad 2 years ago
2:47-2:52 funnier
thedking94 1 year ago 2
so good, i swear when i hear this recording, at one point i feel like i wanna cry, roy really feels his music when he plays it, and makes others feel is too.
jazzswfreak 2 years ago
This was so pure and beautiful. Thx for your talent, Roy.
GodinGirl 2 years ago
I transcribed this.......n it totally changed the way i move between major n diminished chords. Roy's a genius....... its hard to copy his tone tho.....thats impossible to copy. lol! N i like the harmons...a cup would be too raw...the harmons give it a more mature sound n adds to the "grease" from the trombones. Good stuff...... is that Maurice in the trumpet setion?!
MrPerice 2 years ago 4
Hi MrPerice. Wonderful solo!! I see you transcribed it. Would you by any chance be willing to share your transcribtion?
runekrogshede 2 years ago
sure, i can do that for ya..... but its not a hard solo once u do it. where to send it?
MrPerice 2 years ago
It's Swiss, I just can't remember the name. Starts with an I.
Inderbinen, that's the name. I believe it's the "Wood" model. That's just the name, it's actually hammered brass. It's really nice, around $3500 USD.
Monsgoose 2 years ago
at ashrafilm, and there are no exceptions to your racist observations, otherwise we would see black people playing sports created by white people, like baseball, basketball and football, or what about asians, they're short, none of them could ever be in the nba... yeah, pretty sure a white person could never even consider playing jazz
zjak8 2 years ago
Roy is the man
Just beyond
Far from anyone
oostapchuk 2 years ago
this guy has great tone and he seems to know the part well enough but the background with the harmon mutes is a little bit rattley maybe if it had cup mutes instead this guy's feature would be a little better than it already is
megatrumpetdude 2 years ago
Happy Birthday, Brownie.
One of my favorite ballads. Nice, Roy.
eTrumpetLessons 2 years ago
guys can we just watch the video? lol
MrPerice 2 years ago 3
the ownership of blues spirituals jazz and hip hop soul r and b and the whole lot the ownership is africa, because it is something that they own, they just are the best, thats why miles dizzy louis john coltrane sonny rollins parker ella and the whole lot they got it, its theirs we jsut gotta give them it, they own jazz, enuff now.
ashrafilm 2 years ago
ashrafilm, you are seriously obsessed man, nobody owns jazz... people often think you can own art, but art is not something that can be controled or interpreted as something that belongs to anyone, it is something unique, natural, a talent you have inside.. it's a gift.. so please just enjoy the gift, ok? ciao
JazzzPianist 2 years ago 3
It actually originated down South, around New Orleans, because that's where a lot of African folks ended up after the Civil War. They meshed all of their ritual dances and stuff up, and eventually they added horns and other instruments, and jazz was born. Of course, there were no chords, it was all played by ear, and what sounded good and what didn't.
Monsgoose 2 years ago
@ashrafilm Yeah but Zoot Sims is one funky white boy! (among dozens of others.)
I see your point, but you forget the most important part: we are all children of Africa, far enough back (it's not just a metaphor; it's science). The trick is reaching far enough back into your genetic past to embrace the spirit of the Motherland and say it with music. The problems arise when you reject these roots and try to play jazz without acknowledging them.
JazzPianist said it best, though: nobody "owns" it.
fiddlercrab3 1 year ago
He plays it wonderful.
But unfortunately I do not like the background. This sort of bigband sound does not fit too well to this song. It is too brigt. Some decent piano, a bass and a drummer. That's all this song needs. I remember clifford is such a fragile song.
sensereo 2 years ago
Here, here. This is a take-off-your-hat and show-some-respect kind of song, 'least that's how I see it.
deadmanspartan 2 years ago
I agree with ashrafilm. Blacks in this country made major accomplishments towards the development of what we now call jazz. I was fortunate to have an "old" jazz teacher when I studied music in B'klyn. He always stressed our influence and the history of Jazz - it's roots and time signatures from Africa and its American roots in New Orleans. Also, he said how Hip Hop has a negative image, Jazz had the same negative connotations in its early development. Jazz was mainly played by Blacks.
fnkdrmmr 2 years ago
it is, you own it and the white house, you is own it! you are it, you must be proud, stevie wodner MJ, james brown luther vandross the whole lot, its all american blacks peoples invention. you is own it.
ashrafilm 2 years ago
Thank you. The point I was making is that a lot people like to believe that "Whites" created Jazz - b/c they see Whites playing it today. But as mentioned, the early Jazz musicians told me that Jazz was rejected by "Whites" at first. Then when Jazz became cool, White musicians started playing Jazz.
fnkdrmmr 2 years ago
this is absolutely beautiful
Bubbaboyjr1989 2 years ago 3
its gotta be admitted, i will admit and accept that if the american black man or woman owns anything that is sacred in the arts, its this noble music we call jazz! because if the europeans lay claim to bach mozart beethoven and the rest, then black america has their group of leading players and in the regard of jazz, it's the black man! i aint being racist, but tehy ahve the right to lay claim to it, ebcause after all the whites have taken their history away, so please enuff bullshit!,
ashrafilm 2 years ago 2
well i owe it to them for giving a white person, such as myself, something as enjoyable as jazz. however, i think jazz a universal language used by musicians everywhere to say things that words just can't express. as to where it came from i have nothing but respect and admiration to the pioneers in this art form.
trumpetdudeman07 2 years ago 2
Jazz is American music. It's really our only substantial fine art export and we as Americans should be proud that it ours, no matter your skin color.
Zombbg4 2 years ago
amazing. flugel playing at it's best
ogauge47 2 years ago 2
wow how sweet he plays:O
definetely more than 5 stars
bhela 2 years ago 3
YYYYYEEEESSSS!!! After 10 minutes I can post my comment!! Before I was flying in my dreams!!! I am trumpeter but I don't want to speak of his perfect technic or tone. He just flies me to the moon!!! So perfect!!!
jazzysteph 2 years ago 7
I had the pleasure of playing with Roy several times. This is a great example of the complete player Roy has become. I rank him right up there with Miles as far as his phrasing and ideas are concerned. Roy's execution, tone, and range take him to the next level. I have often wondered if someone would try to record Sketches of Spain, man would I love to hear Roy's interpretation of this classic. Make no mistake, he is among a handfull of players at this level.
pal51961 2 years ago 18
I think I've listened to every interpretation of this stunning ballad on Youtube but I've replayed Roy's at least 100 times. Every note is pure and simply beauty. This is how the flugel is meant to be. Gives you a huge lump in the throat.
sailordog43 2 years ago 9
@pal51961 I could only imagine Roy doing "Sketches". It is absolutely one of my favorite Miles Davis pieces and no one I know has ever even heard it.
funkyfindlay13 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful! Roy is legendary!
rotisserize 2 years ago 14
amazing... you can't really tell when he's playing because of the relaxed way he does... his facial expression hardly changes.
Arianyr 2 years ago 2
amazing
lobodeschabetado 2 years ago 4