''Home'' is an album by trumpeter/composer
Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz ( hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He won one Grammy award and was nominated twice.
Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...
which was recorded in 2010 and released on the
HighNote label.
Reception
Financial Times
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reviewer, Mike Hobart, stated "Trumpeter Wallace Roney and his saxophonist brother Antoine's long-standing partnership is steeped in the influence of the second great Miles Davis acoustic band. Both Roneys have mouth-watering tones and spin long fluent lines with imperious logic, and their working rhythm sections are fluid and spacious. Add in passing references to hip-hop, strong musical personalities and potent writing ... and a classic tradition springs to life".
[Hobart, M]
Financial Times Review
April 7, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020 In
The Observer
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In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...
, Dave Gelly noted "No one could call these eight numbers easy listening but they have a concentrated power and moments of quite devastating boldness and originality".
[Gelly, D]
The Observer Review
April 22, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020 JazzTimes
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Coverage
After a decade ...
', Philip Booth wrote: "Old-school funk and fusion? Contemporary R&B? Straight-ahead jazz? Open-air modal music? ... Roney, joined by his regular bandmates and several guests, touches on several of the stylistic strains mentioned above on ''Home''. It's chockfull of the leader's dazzling displays, including the long tones and then quick runs .. there is never a dull moment".
[Booth, P]
JazzTimes Review
accessed April 28, 2020
Track listing
All compositions by Wallace Roney except where noted
# "Utopia" (
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary comp ...
) – 7:20
# "Home" – 7:28
# "Pacific Express" (
John McLaughlin) – 6:49
# "Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 10:20
# "Dawn" – 8:34
# "Evolution of the Blues" – 8:06
# "Ghost of Yesterday" – 9:05
# "Revive" (Bobby Ward) – 2:53
Personnel
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz ( hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He won one Grammy award and was nominated twice.
Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...
– trumpet
*
Antoine Roney Antoine Roney (born April 1, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American tenor saxophonist, brother to trumpeter Wallace Roney.Allmusic profile/ref>
He attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Hartt School of Music of the Univer ...
– soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
*Aruán Ortiz – keyboards
*Rashaan Carter – bass
*Kush Abadey (tracks 1, 3 & 6), Darrell Green (tracks: 4 & 5), Bobby Ward (tracks 2, 7 &, 8) – drums
*Doug Carn – organ (track 5)
*George Burton – Fender Rhodes piano (track 4)
*Shakoor Sanders – percussion (track 2)
References
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Wallace Roney albums
2012 albums
HighNote Records albums