- Lil Jon: The Popcast (Deluxe) Interview
- The Justin Timberlake Conundrum
- Popcast (Deluxe): Is Reality TV in a New Golden Age?
- Popcast (Deluxe): What’s an Industry Plant Anyway? Plus: Ariana Grande
- Tate McRae, Dua Lipa and the Fight to Be ‘Main Pop Girl’
- girl in red: The Popcast (Deluxe) Interview
- Popcast (Deluxe): Is TikTok Done? 4 Crises Holding the App Back
- Remembering Toby Keith and His Complexities
- Popcast (Deluxe): Pop Stars vs. the Attention Economy
- Covering the Rise of Tracy Chapman
- Popcast (Deluxe): Usher, Beyoncé and Ye Lead a Busy Week in Pop
- How Usher Arrived at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Remembering Roy Hargrove, Who Brought Jazz History Into Tomorrow
The trumpeter, who died at 49, was a singular figure dedicated to keeping jazz’s past in dialogue with its future.
Hosted by Jon Caramanica; produced by Pedro Rosado.
The trumpeter Roy Hargrove died last week at 49. He was a highly regarded performer who managed to be perceived simultaneously as one of the musicians most responsible for keeping jazz history alive and relevant, and also one of the artists most comfortable putting jazz in dialogue with contemporary music.
He released moving versions of old standards, composed his own affecting additions to the contemporary-jazz songbook, and led fusion projects with R&B musicians and Afro-Cuban luminaries.
Outside of jazz, he was one of the animating forces on a trio of albums released in 2000 — D’Angelo’s “Voodoo,” Erykah Badu’s “Mama’s Gun” and Common’s “Like Water for Chocolate” — that were high water marks for the Soulquarian movement of earthy, historically minded hip-hop and soul.
Mentored by Wynton Marsalis when he was still in high school, Mr. Hargrove went on to become a relentless nurturer of young talent, collaborating on recordings and bandstands across the world, and providing space for upstart performers at the Jazz Gallery in New York.
On this week’s Popcast:
Giovanni Russonello, who writes about jazz for The New York Times
Jozen Cummings, deputy director of social stories at Bleacher Report, who has written about music for Vibe, Complex and The Wall Street Journal
Find the Right Soundtrack for You
Trying to expand your musical horizons? Take a listen to something new.
Will country music welcome Beyoncé? That’s the wrong question.
Vampire Weekend on its new album. (It’s not a “doom and gloom record.”)
The encounter that put the pianist Kelly Moran on an unexpected path.
Tyla avoids a bad romance, and 9 more new songs on the Playlist.
Advertisement