2006年VOA标准英语-Jazz's 'Young Lion' Roy Hargrove Still Roars

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By Doug Levine
Washington
11 July 2006

Whatever happened to the so-called "Young Lions" of jazz? It's been more 15 years since this elite¹ group of teen musicians was hailed as the next generation of great traditional jazz players. Most, like Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Christian² McBride are working harder than ever. Another, as VOA's Doug Levine tells us, is trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who's not only prolific³, but he continues to test his own musical boundaries.

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Nothing Serious   
  
Roy Hargrove was only 14 when he discovered improvisation⁴. The renowned⁵ jazz saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman showed his middle school band class how to improvise⁶ over a song, a lesson so inspiring it confirmed for Hargrove his dream of becoming a fulltime jazz musician.

Hargrove enrolled⁷ at the Berklee College of Music, and by age 20, had released his first solo album. Since his debut⁸ in 1989, there's been no taming this "Young Lion," who over the years has kept audiences guessing. He's made albums of standards, originals, ballads⁹, bebop, Latin jazz, and duets with tenor¹⁰ saxophone stars.

It was no surprise that in 2003, Hargrove, on a quest to shift direction, merged¹¹ jazz with hip-hop, funk and soul on his albums RH Factor and Hard Groove¹².

Last month, fans of both Hargrove's jazz-funk music and straight-ahead jazz style celebrated¹³ the release of two new Roy Hargrove albums: Distractions¹⁴, featuring his band, The RH Factor, and an album rooted in be-bop titled Nothing Serious.

At 36, Roy Hargrove is taking things a little less seriously, and hopes his fellow musicians will do the same. Hargrove believes jazz will continue to move forward.

He says, "It's about being innovative¹⁵, but innovation right now will come in music that's swinging and feels good. It's meaningless if it doesn't make you feel something."