Track Listing

1. Soppin' the Biscuit
2. When We Were One
3. Valse Hot
4. Once Forgotten
5. Shade of Jade
6. Greens at the Chicken Shack
7. Never Let Me Go
8. Serenity
9. Across the Pond
10. Wild Is Love
11. Mental Phrasing
12. April's Fool

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46789 in Music
• Released on: 1994-06-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Customer Reviews

Good cd, but very reserved
I'm going to keep this very short. Roy Hargrove is a marvelous trumpet player. He is one the very few vying for Lee Morgan's unoccupied spot as "the" trumpet player of his time. As good of a set as this is, and as "on" as Hargrove is, it is too relaxed for me to get overly excited. There are a few tunes that Hargrove really cuts loose on (e.g. the opener "Soppin' The Biscuit"), but he is largely reserved resulting in a cd I consider to be too laid back. I think I've been spoiled by Nicholas Payton.

Nice Set
I've Followed Roy Hargrove for a Few Years Now I Reallt Dig His Tone&Sound.He is a Very Underrated Artist.He really strives at taking chances.this is a Nice Set.

Hargrove keeps getting better
Though this album features jazz saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine, Joshua Redman, Joe Henderson, Ron Blake and Johnny Griffin, it's the craft of Hargrove's horn playing that truly makes this album work so well. The addition of these quality saxophonists only heightens the experience one has come to expect from a Roy Hargrove album. Moving from one piece to the other is silky, and the CD offers that "in-the-club" feel that doesn't always get translated in album performances. After having played the album numerous times, I still get a thrill from listening to it. "Shade of Jade" and "Soppin' the Biscuit" with their distinctive jazz combo feel contrast very well with "Across the Pond," and "When We Were One," which will make you want to slow dance with a partner. And the album is upbeat, though humble in its own way; the musicians are never brash or overbearing, but sonorous and musically aware of each other. "Once Forgotten" has become one of my favorites on this album for just that reason -- it blends the tone qualities of the instruments so well, that one rarely if ever gets the impression one musician is trying to outdo another or take the spotlight. In that respect this album is more than gracious, a pleasure for the ears and soul, attracting me to it each time I look at my CD rack.