Wallace Roney
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Wallace credited Davis as having helped to challenge and shape his creative approach to life as well as being his…
Known for
- Universe2020
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Musician2019
- Wallace Roney - Stand2012
- Herbie Hancock Future2future Live — Himself2002
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1960-05-25
- Active to
- 2020-03-31
Discography
- Verses1987
- Intuition1988
- The Standard Bearer1989
- Brilliant Corners1989
- Evidence1990
- Obsession1991
- Punto de partida1991
- First Sight1991
- Seth Air1991
- Crunchin'1993
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- Listeners
- 37,216
- Total plays
- 165,793
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Wallace Roney earned the admiration and respect of his colleagues and his elders since age 16. He has been an integral part of the band with Tony Williams, Ornette Coleman, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Hancock, Jay McShann, David Murray, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Curtis Fuller, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Dizzy Gillespie to name a few. He was one of the few musicians in his generation who learned and perfected his craft directly from alliances with J
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wallace
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Paterson
- Spouse
- Geri Allen
- Occupation
- trumpeter
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Genre
- post-bop
- Instrument
- flugelhorn
- Official website
- www.wallaceroney.com
- Image
- Wallace Roney Pori Jazz 2012.JPG
- Residence
- Paterson
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- date of birth
- 1960-05-25
- Commons category
- Wallace Roney
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-03-31
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- name in native language
- Wallace Roney
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