One thing you learn only after you've listened to a fair amount of mainstream jazz is how much it's changed over time. Here's an example: Hargrove's "Strasbourg/St. Denis." ...

The second half brought more original compositions, including the funky signature "Strasbourg/St. Denis." Hargrove stood aside one peer, alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, and in front of a younger ...

"Strasbourg/St. Denis" is crisp and catchy and "Joy is Sorrow Unmasked" a tenderly inflected rumination. Lou Marini's "Starmaker," Kurt Weill's "Speak Low" and "Rouge," played out-of-tempo, are all ...

The Roy Hargrove Quintet: Earfood album review by Ian Patterson, published on June 14, 2008. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

The second half brought more original compositions, including the funky signature "Strasbourg/St. Denis." Hargrove stood aside one peer, alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, and in front of a younger ...