Thursday, February 2, 2012

Now's the Time: Roy Hargrove


An exceptionally entertaining parlor game for guys like me is the spontaneous ranking of all things related to music. With that freewheeling barroom mentality in mind, I arbitrarily pronounce Roy Hargrove to be the fourth best living jazz trumpeter. And in the category of "most important living jazz musicians," I'll place Hargrove at #14. He performs Friday, February 3, at UMKC's jazz festival. An imbecile previewed Hargrove's appearance here.

8 comments:

bgo said...

I'm totally befuddled by your ranking system. Could you tell me who the 100th best living trumpet player is?

Happy In Bag said...

Marcus Printup.

bgo said...

Where do you put Marcus Belgrave on your scale?

Happy In Bag said...

I'll let you know after I listen to the duet albums with the under-appreciated Charlie Gabriel that I just discovered via a Google search.

Anonymous said...

I think Montez Coleman is the #4 jazz-face maker. - sam

Happy In Bag said...

That's the spirit, Sam! Ferenc Nemeth, the guy who drums for Lionel Loueke, is also hilarious. Let's list him as the #29 jazz-face maker.

Nicholas Payton said...

#1 Best living trumpeter: Nicholas Payton

Anonymous said...

I nominate Nic Payton for Tea Party candidate for president of Jazz!!!!!!!!!