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Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors

American jazz musician and composer Roy Hargrove was a trumpet and flugelhorn player renowned for his mastery of the hard bop style, as well as his genre-crossing collaborations with a variety of hip hop, neo soul, R&B, and alternative rock artists. His first three albums with Novus Records were some of the most commercially successful jazz recordings of the early 1990s, making him one of the jazz world’s most in-demand players. The winner of two Grammy Awards, Hargrove also received four other nominations during his career.  Pianist, composer, and arranger Horace Silver helped to pioneer the hard bop style of jazz in the 1950s. He received his first big career break when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz, but it was his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers that launched him to fame. His hits “The Preacher,” “Doodlin’,” “Peace,” and “Sister Sadie” became jazz standards that are still widely performed. 

Selections by the Derrick Gardner Ensemble 
Roy Hargrove (arr. Liam Powers), The Left Side 
Cedar Walton (arr. Brett Czarniak), I’m Not So Sure 
Roy Hargrove (arr. Ethan Weisman), Trust 
Roy Hargrove (arr. Chase Wilkins), Top of My Head 
Cyrus Chestnut (arr. Jun Byun), Greens at the Chicken Shack 
 
Selections by the Kevin Fort Ensemble 
Horace Silver (arr. Calvin Simmers), Song for My Father 
Horace Silver (arr. Octavio Escamilla), Adjustment 
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, and Moacir Santos (arr. Nathaniel Stall), Kathy 
Horace Silver (arr. Milo Kaplan), Peace 
Horace Silver (arr. Eli Fisher), The Preacher 
Horace Silver (arr. Brandon Harper), Horace-Scope