Artist: 
The RH Factor (Roy Hargrove)

Hard Groove

2LP - Verve By Request Vinyl
€59,99

Release date: 10 November 2023

Article Number: 505077000

With this reissue, Verve By Request celebrates the 20th anniversary of this landmark, genre-busting album, conceived, led, and produced by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who considered it a tribute to his childhood love of hip hop. Featuring a 10-piece band, special guests include D’Angelo, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu and Anthony Hamilton.

VERVE BY REQUEST SERIES: remastered, audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing/Detroit, gatefold sleeve.

Tracklisting:

A1. Hardgroove
A2. Common Freestyle
A3. I’ll Stay
B1.  Interlude
B2. Pastor “T”
B3. Poetry
B4. The Joint

C1. Forget Regret
C2. Out Of Town
C3. Liquid Streets
C4. Kwah/Home
D1. How I Know
D2. Juicy
D3. The Stroke

Roy Hargrove - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Keith Anderson - Alto Saxophone
Jacques Schwarz-Bart - Tenor Saxophone
Pino Palladino - Bass
Reggie Washington - Bass
Jason Thomas - Drums
Willie Jones III - Drums
Daniel Moreno - Percussion
Spanky - Guitar
Dontae Winslow - Backing Vocals, Drum Programming, Finger Snaps
G. Craig 'Butter' Glanville - Backing Vocals, Drums + Drum Programming
James Poyser - Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Rhodes, Keyboards
Bernard Wright - Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Piano, Harp, Organ B3
Bobby Sparks - Electric Piano, Rhodes, Harp, Organ B30