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Jazz virtuoso Roy Hargrove dies at 49

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November 05, 2018

Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove has died of kidney disease at age 49. Also in the news today: women ruled the MTV EMAs, four-fifths of the Spice Girls are getting back together, Postmates is hitting a music festival, a historic Glenn Gould score surfaces, and the Prince estate debuts an archival video series. [Clips sampled: Jahzzar - Comedie (CC BY 4.0); BoxCat Games - Against the Wall (CC BY 3.0); Janet Jackson's speech at the 2018 MTV EMAs; Erykah Badu - Booty; Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 6 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda; Prince - Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)]