{"id":4508,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/the-rh-factor-hard-groove\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"the-rh-factor-hard-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=4508","title":{"rendered":"The RH Factor – Hard Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RH Factor
<\/font>Hard Groove<\/font><\/b>
(Verve – 2003)
by Paula Edelstein<\/font><\/p>\n

Roy Hargrove<\/b> is a Grammy award winning recording artist whose first disc as a jazz leader was released in 1990. Considered by many to be one of the premiere trumpet players on the music scene today, has long had a fascination for, and love of, R&B, Funk, and classic Soul music. Hard Groove is the realization of a musical dream come true. The RH Factor is the identity that composer\/arranger Hargrove has coined for the musical collective he’s assembled for Hard Groove. Like a 21st Century Quincy Jones, the trumpeter has brought together a diverse array of musicians from his recent collaborative efforts to create an organic musical street party at the corner of hip-hop and bop, encompassing many of his musical passions-the slow-grinding soul of Funkadelic’s “I’ll Stay” with a sultry vocal by D’Angelo<\/b>; Common’s<\/b> free-styled rap intro on the aptly titled “Common Free Style”; both Q-Tip<\/b> and Erykah Badu <\/b>bringing their distinctive hip-hop and R&B sounds to the party-like funk of “Poetry”. <\/p>\n

On the vocal side, Hard Groove also contains stellar performances by D’Angelo background vocalists Anthony Hamilton<\/b> (“Kwah” \/ “Home”) and Shelby Johnson<\/b> (“How I Know”); a fine turn by Stephanie McKay<\/b> (“Forget Regret”); and former Motown recording artist Renee Neufville<\/b> (“Juicy”). <\/p>\n

Hard Groove speaks of yesterday, sounds like today, and looks like the future! Roy himself says it best in his liner notes: This recording is something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time. The music is a representation of what can happen when people looking in the same direction get together, with dedication, focus, and positive spiritual energy. <\/p>\n


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