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A poorly put-together compilation, Approaching Standards serves only to illuminate Hargrove's failure to understand ballad material on his earlier recordings. Ballads dominate the album, accounting for seven of the album's ten tracks; Hargrove generally interprets them in a cool, emotionally detached manner which can be quite off-putting. Compiled from four albums whose recording dates span from 1989 to 1993, Approaching Standards somewhat more encouragingly also documents Hargrove's growth as a musician. "Everything I Have is Yours/Dedicated to You," taken from the 1993 recording Of Kindred Souls, finds Hargrove in a more mature frame of mind, and points toward the much better albums he would soon make.
© Dan Cross /TiVo
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Vincent Caro, 2nd Engineer - Al Foster, Drums - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone - Larry Clothier, Producer - Jack Adelman, Mastering Engineer - Scott Colley, Bass - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - James P. Nichols, Recording Engineer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - John Hicks, Piano
(P) 1990 BMG Music
John Hicks, Performer - Al Foster, Performer - Antonio Hart, Performer - Scott Colley, Performer - Larry Clothier, Producer - Roy Hargrove, Performer - Thelonious Monk, Composer - Thelonious Monk, Lyricist
(P) 1990 BMG Music
John Hicks, Piano - Al Foster, Drums - Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone - Scott Colley, Bass - Larry Clothier, Producer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Benny Golson, Composer - Benny Golson, Lyricist
(P) 1990 BMG Music
Stephen Scott, Piano - Derrick Garrett, 2nd Engineer - Ed Rak, Engineer - Ed Rak, Mixing Engineer - Johnny Burke, Composer - Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone - Bob Haggart, Composer - Larry Clothier, Producer - Larry Clothier, Mixing Engineer - Christian McBride, Bass - Jimmy Nichols, Mastering Engineer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Billy Higgins, Drums - Gene Curtis, Engineer
(P)1991 BMG Music
Christian McBride, Bass - Al Dubin, Composer - Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone - Billy Higgins, Drums - Larry Clothier, Producer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Harry Warren, Composer - Stephen Scott, Piano
(P) 1991 BMG Music
Christian McBride, Bass - Gene DePaul, Composer - Gene DePaul, Lyricist - Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone - Billy Higgins, Drums - Larry Clothier, Producer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Stephen Scott, Piano - Don Raye, Composer - Don Raye, Lyricist
(P) 1991 BMG Music
Stephen Scott, Piano - Derrick Garrett, 2nd Engineer - Ed Rak, Engineer - Ed Rak, Mastering Engineer - Antonio Hart, Alto Saxophone - Larry Clothier, Producer - Christian McBride, Bass - Edward C. Redding, Composer - Edward C. Redding, Lyricist - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Billy Higgins, Drums - Gene Curtis, Engineer
(P) 1991 BMG Music
Rodney Thomas Whitaker, Bass - Ku-Umba Frank Lacy, Trombone - Jule Styne, Composer - Jule Styne, Lyricist - Marc Anthony Cary, Piano - Larry Clothier, Producer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Greg Hutchinson, Drums - Antonio Maurice Hart, Alto Saxophone
(P) 1992 BMG Music
Burton Lane, Composer - Burton Lane, Lyricist - Andre Hayward, Trombone - Marc Cary, Piano - Harold Adamson, Lyricist - Harold Adamson, Composer - Ron Blake, Tenor Saxophone - Ron Blake, Soprano Saxophone - Ed Rak, Mixing Engineer - Larry Clothier, Producer - Larry Clothier, Mixing Engineer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist - Roy Hargrove Quintet, Performer - Rodney Whitaker, Bass - Hy Zaret, Composer - Hy Zaret, Lyricist - Roy Hargrove, Producer - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Roy Hargrove, Mixing Engineer - Troy Halderson, Mixing Engineer - Saul Chaplin, Lyricist - Saul Chaplin, Composer - Greg Hutchinson, Drums - Greg Hutchinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1993 BMG Music
Gary Bartz, Alto Saxophone - Marc Cary, Piano - Ron Blake, Tenor Saxophone - Ron Blake, Soprano Saxophone - Ed Rak, Mixing Engineer - Larry Clothier, Producer - Larry Clothier, Mixing Engineer - Roy Hargrove Quintet, Performer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - Rodney Whitaker, Bass - Roy Hargrove, Producer - Roy Hargrove, Mixing Engineer - Roy Hargrove, Trumpet - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn - Harold Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - Troy Halderson, Mixing Engineer - Greg Hutchinson, Drums - Greg Hutchinson, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1993 BMG Music
Album review
A poorly put-together compilation, Approaching Standards serves only to illuminate Hargrove's failure to understand ballad material on his earlier recordings. Ballads dominate the album, accounting for seven of the album's ten tracks; Hargrove generally interprets them in a cool, emotionally detached manner which can be quite off-putting. Compiled from four albums whose recording dates span from 1989 to 1993, Approaching Standards somewhat more encouragingly also documents Hargrove's growth as a musician. "Everything I Have is Yours/Dedicated to You," taken from the 1993 recording Of Kindred Souls, finds Hargrove in a more mature frame of mind, and points toward the much better albums he would soon make.
© Dan Cross /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:07
- Main artists: Roy Hargrove
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Novus
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 1994 BMG Entertainment
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