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[Roy Hargrove]'s band established its agenda from the outset, hitting hard and fast on the aptly named \"Camaraderie,\" from the trumpeter's newest release, \"Nothing Serious.\" Following a noisy, explosive introductory passage from the entire band, Hargrove took flight with some of his most ferocious solos in an evening filled with them. He played like a man with something to prove, unleashing torrents of sound. Phenomenally fast scales, wide-open horn calls, brazen slides between pitches -- Hargrove did not lack for expressive techniques.

The latest incarnation of his quintet has performed as a unit for three years, although some members have been with [ROY HARGROVE] longer. The group comprises drummer Willie Jones III, alto saxophonist Sherman Irby, bassist Gerald Cannon and pianist Larry Willis. This is a working band; a rare, vanishing entity that hones its sound through the sweat of nightly gigs and shared vision. The sharpness of the band was evident from the first notes, with Hargrove and Irby taking turns stairstepping their way to the upper registers of their horns; this is a group that likes its sound loud and precise.

\"I never thought of playing music as something to be scared of,\" he said. \"If there's something I can't hear, I won't play. But usually I can hear it. Even if it's a weird number of bars or an odd meter, I can tell. I can hear forms really well.\" He paused and raised his eyebrows. \"Of course, some cats will try to do you in. But I got something for them, too.\" A peal of laughter seemed to indicate that not many pianists could sneak in a knotty chord progression that his ears couldn't untie. Mr. [Roy Hargrove] still seeks advice from Mr. Marsalis, asking for exercises to improve his technique. \"He showed me a lip-slur thing that I still do every day,\" he said. \"It's an ascending phrase that you do in one breath. He showed it to me and it was, like, a whole page of 16th notes. I said, 'You can't do that in one breath.' I knew he could. I just wanted to see him do it. So he just goes, 'doodledoodledoodledoodledoodle.' \" Mr. Hargrove fell back again, laughing. \"Amazing, man.\" Mr. Hargrove's five-year plan includes forming a production company, writing film scores and producing a hip-hop record. \"I'd like to do a straight-up hip-hop record and not try to fuse it or call it acid jazz or whatever,\" he said. \"I think that it shouldn't be watered down by the terminology.\" As a member of a teen-age funk band in Dallas (average age, 14), he once opened for Doctor Dr. But the discipline of jazz, for now, commands most of Mr. Hargrove's attention.

This tight-knit, melodically focused trio, with saxophonist Joe Lovano and drummer Brian Blade, highlights the pinpoint grooves, intimacy and all-round class of [John Patitucci]'s bass playing.

A great soloist and fine all-round musician, as he demonstrated when directing the BBC Big Band on a recent visit, Texan trumpeter [ROY HARGROVE] handles every assignment with panache.

I'm using the term \"weekend\" loosely in this edition of the Top 10, in order to include some New Year's Eve events. I don't think you'll mind -- a six-day weekend should sound pretty good to most readers. 4. \"The Arabian Nights\": Mary Zimmerman, the Tony Award-winning creator of \"Metamorphoses,\" has made a career out of reanimating ancient myths. Her latest offering, which takes on the old \"1,001 nights\" tales, has been extended through Jan. 18. 10. House of Floyd: I once lived in a \"house of Floyd\" -- my old dorm at San Francisco State University, where Pink Floyd was in constant rotation. The music should be similar, but with fewer pizza boxes on the floor, during House of Floyd's \"Tribute to Pink Floyd\" concert.

Last night's homage featured an all-star cast of trumpeter Roy Hargrove, guitarist Russell Malone, saxist/flautist Frank Wess, clarinettist Paquito D'Rivera and vocalist Roberta Gambarini, who took turns in the spotlight. They used two different bands, Hargrove's quintet and a lineup of New York drummer Jake Hanna, local bassist Neil Swainson and Denver pianist Eric Gunnison. Between firebrand Hargrove, virtuosic D'Rivera and the fragility of Wess's flute, it was one big highlight reel of tunes such as \"Somewhere Over the Rainbow,\" \"Donna Lee\" and \"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.\" Things really cooked, though, when all were onstage for the last third of the 21/2-hour show, occasionally getting in each other's way but finding a musically creative out.

Check out the full schedule at www.harmonyfestival.com, then try to make a haiku out of all the other bonus attractions: Goddess Grove, Ambiotica Lounge, Vital Hemptations, Sri Ram Kaa, Hempress Arise, Rasta Youth, Trust Hemp and Zion Star. Write it down and then take it to the open-mike called Babble On Stage. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. Sonoma County's We Are Pride celebration kicks it off big on Sunday with a morning motorcycle ride from Guerneville into Santa Rosa's Juilliard Park for a day of music, beer garden, food and games, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A DJ will spin danceable tunes. A group commitment ceremony at 2 p.m. will be followed by a drumming circle.