Family (Roy Hargrove album)
| Family | ||||
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| Released | June 20, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | January 26–29, 1995 | |||
| Studio | Studio B, Clinton Recording Studios, NYC | |||
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| Length | 78:19 | |||
| Label | Verve 314 527 630-2 | |||
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Family is a studio album by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, recorded on January 26–29, 1995, and released on June 20 of the same year, by Verve Records.[1][2] It features Hargrove on trumpet in a quintet with saxophonist Ron Blake and three different rhythm sections (piano, bass, drums), plus guest artists: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and saxophonists David "Fathead" Newman and Jesse Davis.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "This well-rounded set not only features trumpeter Roy Hargrove with his mid-'90s quintet... but with two other rhythm sections and a few special guests. Hargrove shows off his warm tone on 'The Nearness of You'..., and other highlights include the lyrical 'Pas de Trois,'... Larry Willis' 'Ethiopia,' and a driving version of 'Firm Roots.' A meeting between Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis on the bop standard 'Nostalgia' is disappointingly tame, but otherwise this is a high-quality modern hard bop release."[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote: "Family similarly uses several stars with little focus... The album's saving graces are the fiercely bopping 'Firm Roots' and the almost eerily introspective Booker/Hargrove duet on 'Ethiopia.'"[5]
Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Hargrove now appears in yet another carefully planned production—one that embraces players from every stage of his brief but impressive career".[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Roy Hargrove except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0. | "Trilogy": 1. "Velera" 2. "Roy Allan" 3. "Brian's Bounce" | 2:22 3:48 4:56 | |
| 4. | "The Nearness of You" | 7:03 | |
| 5. | "Lament for Love" | Ronnie Mathews | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Another Level" | 6:23 | |
| 7. | "A Dream of You" | Christian McBride | 6:11 |
| 8. | "Pas de Trois" | Paul Arslanian | 8:39 |
| 9. | "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" | 5:36 | |
| 10. | "The Challenge" | 3:46 | |
| 11. | "Ethiopia" | Larry Willis | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Nostalgia" | Fats Navarro | 6:00 |
| 13. | "Thirteenth Floor" | David "Fathead" Newman | 5:57 |
| 14. | "Firm Roots" | Cedar Walton | 5:57 |
| 15. | "The Trial" | 3:38 | |
| Total length: | 78:19 | ||
Personnel
Musicians
- Roy Hargrove – trumpet (1–3, 5–8, 10, 12–15), flugelhorn (4, 9, 11)
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet (12)
- David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (4), flute (13)
- Ron Blake – tenor saxophone (1–3, 6, 12, 14, 15), soprano saxophone (15)
- Jesse Davis – alto saxophone (9, 15)
- John Hicks (8), Larry Willis (9), Ronnie Mathews (5), Stephen Scott (1–4, 6, 7, 10, 12–15) – piano
- Christian McBride (7), Rodney Whitaker (1–4, 6, 10, 12–15), Walter Booker (5, 8, 9, 11) – double bass
- Gregory Hutchinson (1–3, 6, 7, 12, 15), Jimmy Cobb (4, 5, 8, 9, 13), Karriem Riggins (10), Lewis Nash (14) – drums
Technical
- Roy Hargrove, Larry Clothier – producer
- Richard Seidel – executive producer
- Camille Tominaro – production coordinator
- Beverly Harris – release coordinator
- Troy Halderson – recording engineer
- Adam Blackburn, Jonathan Mooney, Mark Agostino – assistant recording engineer
- Ed Rak – recording, editing, sequencing, mastering
- Hardgroove Ent. Inc. – management, booking
- David Lau – art direction
- Patricia Lie – art direction, design
- Michael Lavine – photography
- Jimmy Katz – photography (of personnel)
References
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Family – Roy Hargrove | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
- ^ Gliožeris, Slava. "ROY HARGROVE — Family". www.jazzmusicarchives.com. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
- ^ a b Heckman, Don (July 2, 1995). "JAZZ SPOTLIGHT: Roy Hargrove Showcases His Overextended 'Family'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 649. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0. Retrieved January 19, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b H.B. (1999). Swenson, John (ed.). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (2nd ed.). Random House. p. 290. ISBN 0-679-76873-4. Retrieved January 19, 2026 – via Internet Archive.