Biography

Roy Hargrove was born on October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas, USA. He was a composer, known for It Runs in the Family (2003), Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008) and My Brother (2006). He was married to Aida Brandes. He died on November 2, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

He was a jazz trumpeter who explored Cuban music, electronic, soul, gospel, funk, R&B and hip-hop. His first album came out when he was 20 years old. His idol was Clifford Brown.

Both of his parents had musical talent. At age 9 he began playing a cornet his father bought at a pawnshop. He was recognized as a prodigy and attended a high school for the performing arts in Dallas. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to New York.

He died from cardiac arrest brought on by kidney disease at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, NYC. He had been on dialysis for 13 years.

Has one daughter Kamala from a previous relationship.