Roy Hargrove • Approaching Standards

 

Standards Review
by Dan Cross
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/approaching-standards-mw0000117312

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Revisión de las normas
por Dan Cross
Una compilación mal hecha, Approaching Standards sólo sirve para iluminar el fracaso de Hargrove para entender el material de balada en sus primeras grabaciones. Las baladas dominan el álbum, representando siete de las diez pistas del álbum; Hargrove generalmente las interpreta de una manera fría y emocionalmente distante que puede ser bastante desagradable. Compilado a partir de cuatro álbumes cuyas fechas de grabación abarcan desde 1989 hasta 1993, Approaching Standards documenta también, de forma algo más alentadora, el crecimiento de Hargrove como músico. "Everything I Have is Yours/Dedicated to You", extraída de la grabación de 1993 Of Kindred Souls, muestra a Hargrove en un estado de ánimo más maduro, y apunta a los álbumes mucho mejores que pronto haría.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/approaching-standards-mw0000117312

Tracks:

1. Easy to Remember (6:12)
2. Ruby My Dear (6:13)
3. Whisper Not (7:42)
4. What's New (5:16)
5. September in the Rain (7:34)
6. You Don't Know What Love Is (6:25)
7. End of a Love Affair (8:00)
8. Things We Did Last Summer (5:41)
9. Everything I Have Is Yours (4:49)
10. My Shining Hour (6:14)

Credits:
Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn);
Ron Blake (soprano & tenor saxophones);
Antonio Hart (alto saxophone);
Ku-Umba Frank Lacy (trombone);
John Hicks, Marc Cary, Stephen Scott (piano);
Scott Colley, Christian McBride, Rodney Whitaker (bass);
Al Foster, Billy Higgins, Gregory Hutchinson (drums)

Novus/RCA Records Label/Bertelsmann Music Group ‎– 01241 63178 2 (US)
Total Time: 64:11
Recorded 1989 to 1993

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