Trumpeters Maurice Brown & Roy Hargrove Funkin It Up!!

[jevonj77]

It started off good...Roy was laying down substance...Maurice couldn't quite keep up with the substance...but simply seems to be playing higher and louder...then it was alright after that point...either nice to watch!

[zakkwyldesociety]

Anyone who likes Roy Hargrove and says Maurice Brown is crap has just never actually heard Maurice's music

[kchoofer]

YES! YES! Yes!

[kchoofer]

YES! YES! Yesssssssss

[dannyinternetz]

I'm responsible for about 10,000 of these views.

[hiddenpunk291]

this is brilliant

[Arborwaychet]

Giving the crowd more than their money's worth ... beautiful !

[JACQUILLO2]

top stuffffff

[slashchords]

so glad those two trumpeters went to Jakarta for the Java Jazz Fest. saw two of em jam in the hotel they were staying. man, they are giants! and roy, just like in this clip, he would just come and go like that, i guess that's just him u know.

[dpcollins]

And for the haters...when was the last time u had a gig with a musician like roy or Maurice? Or played at Bowery or the blue note. Bottom line Maurice is making it happen. Roy is still killin em. Peace love and let's not forget that the musician community needs to b helpin each other out not hatin or disrespecting

[somedude8403]

Lol Amen.

[dpcollins]

Let's try and break away from jazz being thought of as exclusively be bop or miles diz bird and trane...realize that that music like all art was made for a specific time and place. These guys are playing music for today. They are still living the essence of jazz even though they aren't swinging. If u can't appreciate the energy here......

[groovdaddy1]

Both of these guys sound great!!!! Problem with jazz in America is that even when the musicians are just trying to make music, others will come along and make it a competition. Thank you chelseabaratz for reminding us it's just music. Tadd1, no reason to hate on either one of these cats. Last time I checked Dizzy could be quite the so called "Clown" on stage. Relax folks, no ones getting a grammy off of your thoughts of this!!!!!

[moseaddison]

My boy Rice was killin'... way to hang in with the champ!

[Zombbg4]

haha, Roy's just like "fuck it man, I'll groove on one note!!!" He does that a lot and always kills with it.

[chelseabaratz]

I don't understand why anyone here is tryin to make this seem like something it's not. Those cats are having a musical conversation. They are playing off one another and making real music. And I was at that gig. And I was hangin with Roy at the Jazz Gallery before the Bowery Poetry Club. No beef there. All love. Why would Roy put Maurice on the RH Factor album, and put Maurice in his Big Band and then go and play on Maurice's gig if it wasn't all love? lol

[tadd1]

Dizzy and Roy (the real Roy, that is) are probably rolling in their graves....:(

This is some of the most ignorant shit I've heard in a while.

[01aria]

Damn...

[Owunthrizzel]

Does anyone know Roy's history. Uh,,,he grew up one music like this, My teacher plays in his big band and Roy told him that playing in church was one of biggest influences on his playing and if youve been to a black church, you know that gospel and funk/r&b/soul music are basically the same thing. Im glad Roy is not as close minded as some of his fans, A close minded attitude is the difference between the fan and the artist. An artist wants progress and fans want everything to stay the same.

[jazzcat87]

GLOOOOORYYY

[MrPotsAndPans]

Maurice did kinda make a stank fest of it, and not the good stank :(

[CincyTrumpetPlaya]

Dang man if all they in gigs played was the straight stuff they played on the recordings and the released albums, the gigs and off record performances wouldn't be worth it.

[jpiano2158]

If u find it hard to believe that roy participated in this, its obvious that u havent listened to RH Factor

[somedude8403]

I agree. He probably never heard of the RH factor. Which happens to be a good CD by the way. Plus, this is nice to see two of the best trumpet players grovin like this. (By the way I gave you the thumbs down cuz I was playing attention when I was clicking). SORRY

[jpiano2158]

I dont see what the problem with them playing funk. Closed minded ppl are such idiots

[jfreetrpt]

nice

[pogo56]

Funky!!!!

[drhmbyrd]

Really, really, really wack... Can't believe Roy participated in this crap..

[whumbyrd]

I dig Roy Hargrove......but not here..

Check out these 2 cats, if you havent already.

GERARD PRESENCER and TILL BRONNER

Incredible players....

[pik1andlik1]

the end of the world is near.

[jjbrains]

you all are so blind and ignant,, yes IGNANT< roy is definately not feelin' the funk, this other cat keeps copying his licks then getting all wIreD and making the good go bad , look at 'groves face and body, sound and voice, he starts playing those staccato's and doesn't get off, slaps this dude with his last lick and WALKS OFF NOT SAYING A WORD<<<<<

that an ARTIST<<<<<<< remember that

[coolstruttin1]

That's how Roy finishes every solo. Roy has a lot of respect for Maurice too.

[chelseabaratz]

That's the truth.

[chelseabaratz]

Copying? I didn't hear a bit of copying... I heard conversing. You obviously don't know either Roy's or Maurice's playing NEARLY well enough to speak on the matter.

[efini808]

wow... wtf was that.

[TrumboMumbo]

i am going to name my son roy hargrove

[therealsuffolksoul]

dont kill me 4 saying this, but Roy makes me feel a lil Miles in him, because he didn come out the gate tearing the roof off..he built that solo nicely.

[me007963]

yeah, hes got all of the good bits of miles lol

[coolstruttin1]

no i completely agree. i actually got to talk to him last week when he was in chicago and he listed miles as one of his influences.

also, notice how every time roy takes a solo he's building directly off of what maurice did. he might be high, but he is still listening and playing like a champ.

[nb734]

i bet 50 dollars says roy hargrove is high as fuck

[tenortime51]

you know that shit nate. fucker can't see barely. still sick though.

[nb734]

oh i know but roy is my favorite player on the market today. even thought wynton is sick and others roy is still my favorite cause his style is sick. lol maurice is sick also, but i love roy

[Lace345]

aint not funk without the junk my friend

[nb734]

i agree with that of course, lately for him he has been pretty clean atleast when he plays with the alumni allstars, and honestly is sounding better than ever, except the i remember clifford clip, he is high as fuck in that. lol

[Lace345]

definitely agree with you but none the less Roy Hargrove is a blazing trumpet player. My current band teacher actually shared an apartment with him once but playing none the less.

[ezekielvictor]

@nb734 good for him. every musician should do drugs. the shit players would fall apart, n the good ones would remain.

[PINCHUNO]

@ezekielvictor Your comment is so ignorant that it doesn't even warrant this reply.

How many great and poor players did drugs and ended up dead/in the gutter?

[ezekielvictor]

@PINCHUNO considering your intelligence is so supreme, i don't know if it warrants me replying. your great intellect and supremely large brain might explode if i stimulate them so. i apologize in advance.

1st, i was talking about the music: the more a shit player does drugs, the worse he sounds. 2nd, if my comment were so ignorant it didn't warrant a reply, yet you replied, does that it mean it's really not that ignorant? 3rd, fuck yourself.

[PINCHUNO]

@ezekielvictor Very eloquent. This doesn't detract from the fact that you said "every musician should do drugs", it doesn't matter what context you said it in, it is still an extremely ignorant and potentially harmful thing to say. By the way, if you can only reply to criticism in the way yuo did, then go fuck yourself too. Happy? My brain is very big.

[ezekielvictor]

@PINCHUNO Querido PINCHUNO,

Aunque no lo hablo muy bien, aquí reitero en español porque pienso que has entendido mal: Te amo mucho. Mucho más que nadie en el mundo. Por eso, me preocupa lo que has dicho, y solicito tus más sinceras disculpas. Espero que todavía podemos ser amigos.

Con la corazón,

ezekielvictor en YouTube

[PINCHUNO]

@ezekielvictor Me puedes hablar en Español o en Ingles sin problema ninguno. Pero decidate si quieres discutir o casarte conmigo. Muy extraño tu ultimo mensaje la verdad.

[ezekielvictor]

@PINCHUNO Quiero hablar de la posibilidad que me casaras.

j/k i'm sorry, i don't have any beef with you. sorry for starting shit. my original comment was exaggerated, cynical, and uncalled for. hope you understand.

[PINCHUNO]

@ezekielvictor ok then! No problem.

[TJSax1986]

@nb734 Does it matter?

[womb0womb0]

@nb734 No doubt. Looks he maybe had a couple drinks too.

[trumpetman]

Maurice was sounding great til he got too excited and started playing out of tune... lol. But he raw for hanging in there!

[russellziske]

Brown: underrated. Hargrove: overrated. Flame on...

[kidfromredbank]

yea, this isn't really the video to say that. I mean come on, Maurice got his shit cut up.

[yoolaf]

Roy is so high...=P

[MrRab69]

Damm man i play trumpet and that was amazing

[VOKEalism]

ahhhh no man they know exactly what they are playing. Phrasing is phat and fantastic. shit is this good

damn

[yoolaf]

I agree wit U Seattlednb!!! this is good shit!!!

[seattlednb]

sometimes music especially jazz is to not give a fuck and just play and have fun.....if you know of hargrove and brown's playing you would understand that there hella just jammin not caring about dissonance and phrasing more like how much can they push there blowing at the end to hype the crowd (rockin out with your cock out!!!!). but in other performances they can do the whole beautiful sounding type shit too!!!!in my book this is true american music

[Bixachmo]

I don't want to offend anyone, but this is really some unmusical sad shit! What can anyone take from from this bullshit pissing contest? Horrible, thin, blatty tones. No meaningful ideas. Just a bunch of dancing and jive crap.

[supermarito79]

you can learn how to groove from this pissing contest

[yoolaf]

Just chill dog...;)

[Gammadel]

I'd rather listen to Roy piss than to you bitch. Roy's the man. Don't hate.

[646879]

I have to agree that there is not much thought in this set...neither player exhibits chops ...and it is just not worthy of "a jazz player"...most college players and a few high school guys could do better....

[coolstruttin1]

agreed, but given the setting and the fact that they're jamming to one chord - it's not too bad

[tenortime51]

Most touring jazz musicians would tell you that Roy is the best in the business, and the things they're doing are harder than they sound.

[coolstruttin1]

i wonder what they think about his new album.

[kidfromredbank]

you're an idiot

[MontgomerylandFunk]

That sounds like a poorly thought out comment to me.

[jazzpiano10]

There is a hell of a lot more to good music, and jazz especially than chops.

Chops may even be the least important.

[coolstruttin1]

least important?? have you played the trumpet?? good chops allow you to access the full pallet that you possess.

[jfree1112]

nice and groovin...man all we need is for Christian Scott to get up on that stage with them and well all be set

[Nevets306]

They're pretty sick but check out from 2:10 - 3:00. Roy starts playing one note with that rhythm and pretty much stays on that and then slightly goes up while Maurice mimicks it and then tries to show off while roy just lays it down very simplistic which is why roy is the best. Few ideas but he sticks to them. People need to take a note on this one to many notes and ideas flying around these days with no purpose. Just my 3 cents.

[owlito]

Roy just destroyed Maurice...That shit wasn't even fair...

[hiphophornz]

Yo, Maurice is a beast! Take no prisoners!! Roy looked pissed off.and high on life. lol He shouldn't have brought a knife to a gun fight.

[dolsigma]

I feel that Maurice was doing to much, and wasn't sitting in the pocket as much, which is y i liked Roy's much better. It was melodic and sounded like he was going somewhere with it. Maurice sounded like he was competing, Roy sounded like he was playing

[dolsigma]

not to mention connecting with the band really well

[bayouhazard]

This was fun. Obviously blowing on a 1 chord funk jam is not the musical challenge of either of their lives. I heard Maurice in NO in May and he was killer. Way better than anything I'd previously heard from him. Just heard Roy and he was great, too.  I like Terence Blancard and Dave Douglas better, but these guys are both really good trumpet players.

[rpoole444]

roy was playin circles round maurice!! Roy has that gut bucket like no other!

[JWKisor]

aaaahhh.... that's sad :(

[vanada01]

much love mo

[sdualan]

This dueling jam is hot stuff!! Mo and Roy are amazing!!

[samigurl]

blow MO blow!!!!

flippin hottt

[blacklungsjoe]

That was ill !!!

does anyone else think Roy was playing circles around muarice in this clip?

[Nolasgurl]

This clip is hot, can't get enough! Every time I see Maurice play it blows my mind. And to see Maurice and Roy together, two of my favorite trumpet players...? well, doesn't get hotter than that!

[jobjobjobjobjob]

man.......roys sound is sooooo killin!!!!!!!!!!! fucking soulfull fucker

[penkz]

Man.. Roy is sooo much better than this.. this jam sux.. boring.. there wasnt a single good phrasing there...

[HADJEE]

That is because M. Brown is a poser.

[JDillaYO]

im going to take so many licks from this. thank you.

[mjelani]

use your own fn licks bitch

[GodzRicko]

Listen to some Clifford, some Morgan, some Hubbard..lol u really think these cats are that unique...listen to some more music. Everyone of those licks have been played in one way or another by a trumpet player before there time. A lot of jazz revolves around playing peoples licks, BUT mixin it wit yo flava of choice.