Trumpeter considers jazz an ongoing dialogue

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"For me there's always this radio playing in my head."

Normally, hearing such a statement would be cause for alarm, an indication that someone isn't well.

But from prolific jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, it's an honest response to how he's able to actively compose music given the myriad projects he's involved with at any given time.

Hargrove, a Dallas native who has lived in New York since 1990, is coming to Fairfield University on Friday with his quintet, the band that released the "Earfood" disc last year. In May, he will release the first disc by his big band, which he has led for nearly 15 years but until now never recorded. In addition, he also leads the RH Factor, a funk/new jack r&b group, and lends his talents to jazz and pop recordings.

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