RH Factor ~ Band / Songwriter / Musicians
CATEGORY: MUSIC TAG: JAZZ
The genius of Hargrove's Hard Groove is that he chose to broaden perception of contemporary "urban" music by drawing on hip-hop, spoken word, classic funk and Quiet Storm grooves. The core musicians (The RH Factor) on the disc are a loose collective that includes saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart (see Meshell Ndegeocello's Cookie: the Anthropological Mixtape), keyboardists James Poyser and Bernard Wright (see 1981's definitive 'Nard), legendary session guitarist Cornell Dupree, and bassist Reggie Washington. But Roy Hargrove is arguably at the center of a distinct generation of post-soul aestheticians. So it's not surprising that he could also call on the "guest" talents of Erykah Badu and Common, M-base founder Steve Coleman, D'Angelo, Ndegeocello, and Q-tip.
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