Tuesday 7/16/2019 Show: Roy Hargrove Documentary Film

Program note: we’re in a new weekly Tuesday night slot from 10-12 midnight!

The next show will air on Tuesday July 16, 2019 from 10:00 PM – 12 Midnight Eastern Standard Time on WBAI, 99.5 FM in the NYC metro area or streaming online at wbai.org.This installment of the program will focus on Roy Hargrove by way of filmmaker Eliane Henri and her documentary “Hargrove.” Pianist Marc Cary, who was one of the interview subjects in film, will provide remembrances.

Eliane Henri has a long-standing career in Hollywood starting as a Creative Director in the music industry working for her mentor Quincy Jones in the ’90s, moving into PR & Special Events as a Director at Harrison & Shriftman, a multi-national PR firm in the early aughts. In 2003 Eliane founded her own event production company, Poplife Productions, where she produced events and experiences for cultural icons including Forest Whitaker, Naomi Campbell, Mos Def, Stevie Wonder, Jay Z, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, and Yoko Ono. In 2013 Henri segued into documentary production, as a producer on the film Feel Rich: Health is the New Wealth, executive produced by her mentor Quincy Jones. Her unique access to Roy Hargrove, a very eccentric and elusive character, makes her a unique fit as director for this documentary.

This is the story of Roy Anthony Hargrove: the internationally renowned musical genius and his rise from the Texas ghetto to Grammy award-winning fame. This documentary will showcase the resilience of the human spirit to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including poverty, addiction, and a crippling genetic disease, to achieve greatness. Hargrove is an important point in the trajectory of trumpet greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and Wynton Marsalis. But he is more than simply a great Jazz musician. He is an integral musical bridge between the 20th and 21st Centuries as the torchbearer of one generation and a pioneer for the other.

To find out more about the film and to become a contributor, go to the film’s donation page.

This program is hosted, engineered, produced, and edited by Joyce Jones. Listen for our On the Bandstand segment with NYC metro area appearances of Suga’ guests at the end of the first hour with Associate Producer Hank Williams.

Web Extras:

Watch the trailer for “Hargrove.”

Hank Williams is assistant producer for Suga’ in My Bowl and produces the weekly “On the Bandstand” segment as well as running the show’s website and blog, where he has reviewed several jazz festivals. His writing has also appeared in Left Turn magazine and American Music Review. He teaches at Lehman College in the City University of New York system.