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Remembering Wallace Roney: A Tribute to a Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso

Introduction: Wallace Roney was a jazz trumpeter and composer whose remarkable talent and innovative spirit left an indelible mark on the world of jazz. Born sixty-four years ago today on May 25, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roney’s musical journey began at an early age, and he went on to become one of the most influential trumpet players of his generation. With his unique sound and…

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2001 - Herbie Hancock Electric Band - Future 2 Future - German tour: Columbiahalle in Berlin , Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg

Herbie Hancock (kbd), Wallace Roney (tp), Darell Diaz (kbd), Matt Garrison (b), Terri Lyne Carrington (dr)

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Musician Wallace Roney Jr. in Stetson

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Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Tony Williams – A Tribute to Miles

On September 19, 1992, Herbie Hancock began recording A Tribute to Miles with the then remaining members of the Miles Davis Quintet and Wallace Roney on trumpet.

Herbie Hancock – piano Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Wallace Roney – trumpet Ron Carter – bass Tony Williams – drums

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Cindy Blackman Santana (November 18, 1959) known as Cindy Blackman, is a jazz and rock drummer. She has recorded several jazz albums as a bandleader and has performed with Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Simmons, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Henderson, and Joss Stone.

Born in Yellow Springs, Ohio, her mother and grandmother were classical musicians, and her uncle was a vibist. Her mother took her to classical concerts. Her introduction to the drums happened at the age of seven in her hometown. She began playing in the school band and persuaded her parents to get her toy drums.

She moved to Bristol, Connecticut, and studied at the Hartt School of Music. She began to have an interest in jazz at age 13 after listening to Max Roach and got her first professional drum set at 14. She moved to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music. While she was at Berklee a friend recommended her for a gig with The Drifters so he left college after three semesters and moved to New York City. She worked as a performer and attended shows to listen to the master's play.

She was showcased on “Jazz Stars of the Future” on WKCR-FM in New York. Her first compositions appeared on Verses album. She released Arcane, her debut as a bandleader. Her band included Wallace Roney on trumpet, Kenny Garrett on alto saxophone, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Buster Williams and Clarence Seay on bass, and Larry Willis on piano.

She married Carlos Santana (2010). She is Santana’s touring drummer. She is a rarity as a female percussionist.

She attended a Baptist church during her teenage years, but became a follower of the Baháʼí Faith at the age of 18; she started studying Kabbalah in the 2000s. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Wallace Roney - What a Wonderful World

Wallace Roney (tr) Brad Mehldau (p) Clarence Seay (b) Lewis Nash (dr)

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Rules Free Radio Oct 14 2024

Tuesdays 2pm - 5pm  EST Rules Free Radio With Steve  Caplan bombshellradio.com On this week's Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, we'll hear new music by Pop Filter, Jake Bugg, Yasmin Williams, and a debut by Memorials, The Smile, and Field Music. We’ll check out a few tunes from a couple of new Garage Rock revivialist band releases, The Chesterfield Kings and Cheap Cassettes, also Caroline Says, Office Dogs, Leon Bridges, Coldplay, Abstract Crimewave, Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn, Half Waif and a few others. Classics and in-betweens by Darlingside, Simon & Garfunkel, King Crimson, Spirit, Rickie Lee Jones, Philip Glass, Wallace Roney, Tess Roby, Cat Stevens, and much more. Jake Bugg - Beyond The Horizon Simon & Garfunkel - Blessed Pop Filter - Fragile Yasmin Williams - Virga (feat. Darlingside) Darlingside - All The Lights In The City Memorials - Acceptable Experience The Smile - No Words Field Music - The Limits of Language King Crimson - The Sheltering Sky The Chesterfield Kings - Meet You After Midnight Cheap Cassettes - New Gun In Town The Chesterfield Kings - A King of Hearts Cheap Cassettes - Fade To Nothin' The Chesterfield Kings - It's Mind Manipulation 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me The Peawees - Spell On Me Caroline Says - Daze Yo La Tengo - Oklahoma, U.S.A. Office Dog - Intact Abstract Crimewave - Sailing Away Abstract Crimewave - The Lighthouse Moon Diagrams - NRG Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Grey Rubble, Green Shoots Spirit - Taurus Cat Cork - Are We Alone Coldplay - One World Ibrahim Maalouf - Speechless Leon Bridges - That's What I Love Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise Joni Mitchell - Shades Of Scarlett Conquering Rickie Lee Jones - Letters From The 9th Ward - Walk Away Rene Avishai Cohen - Ashes to Gold (Pt. 3) Wallace Roney - In Her Family Tord Gustavsen Trio - Seattle Song Half Waif - The Museum Tess Roby - Ideas Of Space Max Richter - Modular Astronomy Juliana Barwick - Healing Is A Miracle Philip Glass - The Poet Acts Katia Labeque & Marielle Labeque - III. The Somnambulist Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa Read the full article

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Jean Toussaint: A Journey Through the Sounds of Modern Jazz

Introduction: Jean Toussaint, a name synonymous with modern jazz, has carved out a significant place in the jazz world with his innovative approach and dedication to the craft. Born in Aruba, Dutch Antilles, and raised in Saint Thomas and New York City, Toussaint’s musical journey is a testament to his versatility, skill, and passion for jazz. His career spans over four decades, marked by…

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Emmet Cohen - Piano

Wallace Roney Jr. - Trumpet

Buster Williams - Bass

Lenny White - Drums

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Hank Jones (p), Jesper Lundgaard (b), Clarence Penn (dr) + Bob Mintzer (ts), George Robert (as), Bobby Shew (tp), Wallace Roney (tp), Bert Joris (fgh)

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T.K. Blue PLANET BLUU

T.K. BLUE PLANET BLUU Jaja Records T.K. Blue, alto & soprano saxophone/alto flute/kalimba/composer; Davis Whitfield & Dave Kikoski, piano; Orion Turre, drums; Dishan Harper, bass; Wallace Roney jr., trumpet; Steve Turre, trombone/shells. According to reedman, T. K. Blue, “Planet Bluu lies just beyond the realm of our imagination.” This latest creative project is being released on the heels of him…

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Wallace Roney Jr., in Stetson

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Lenny White Project – The Love Has Never Gone: Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire

The Love Has Never Gone: Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire is a tribute album to the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire by jazz group the Lenny White Project which was released in 2004 upon Trauma Records. Ron Carter – bass Bireli Lagrene – guitar Antoine Roney – saxophone Wallace Roney – trumpet Vanessa Rubin – vocals Patrice Rushen – piano Lenny White – arranger, drums

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PARIS IS IN HARLEM Trailer: The musical ensemble dramedy marks Christina Kallas’s third and final installment in her ‘Gun Trilogy,’ following previously helmed ‘The Rainbow Experiment’ and ’42 Seconds of Happiness.’

Christina Kallas writes and directs her third and final installment in her ‘Gun Trilogy,’ which delves into the prevalence of guns in America and American culture. The NY-based director previously helmed ‘The Rainbow Experiment’ and ’42 Seconds of Happiness.’ “As a European filmmaker making films in America, I’m somewhat obsessed with guns ending up in the wrong hands,” says Kallas as her Slamdance and Galway-debuted feature PARIS IS IN HARLEM, a kaleidoscopic jazz-infused dramedy, is about to hit platforms on Thursday, July 4th. “In ‘Paris is in Harlem,’ I am focusing on the intersecting lives of strangers passing one another on the street, unknowingly linked by music, by hardship, by the city they live in—and by the ever-present possibility of violence.” 

The film was shot entirely on location in New York City and is set in 2017, on the day the 91-year-old cabaret law, which banned dancing in bars and initially targeted jazz musicians in NYC—causing many to leave for Paris—was repealed. Fittingly, the legendary Harlem nightclub Paris Blues is the center of gravity for the multiple narratives. The film is dedicated to its late proprietor, Sam Hargress Jr. and has won heartfelt reviews including: “a visual masterpiece” (Film Threat); “a multi-layered narrative that’s a love letter to jazz and New York City” (HorrorBuzz); “a masterclass in storytelling” (FilmInk); and “like Spike Lee’s work, Kallas’s film exists on the lived-in streets of New York, and, in the film’s triumphant final moments, shows us that no matter what challenging road is mapped out for us, there is always a chance for human connection.” (BRWC)

PARIS IS IN HARLEM concludes the trilogy by tracing the journey of a gun from an active shooter drill in a college to a Jazz night club, intertwining the lives of characters from disparate stories while simultaneously addressing our current era of cancel culture. The film features a large ensemble cast of 22 well-known film and theater actors including Leon Addison Brown (‘American Rust,’ ‘The Knick’) and Souléymane Sy Savané (‘Our Father, The Devil,’ ‘Goodbye Solo’,) and showcasing some of the most prominent jazz talents of this generation: saxophonist Tomoki Sanders, descendant of the legendary Pharoah Sanders; virtuoso drummer Kojo Odu Roney; guitarist William "Space” Patterson; bassist Marlon Martinez; vocalist Camille Thurman; and last but not least, saxophonist Antoine Roney, brother of the late Grammy-winner Wallace Roney and godson of Dexter Gordon. The soundtrack features their compositions, paying homage to pivotal moments in films like Bertrand Tavernier's ‘Round Midnight’, starring Dexter Gordon, the lesser-known ‘Paris Blues’ by Martin Ritt, featuring Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, and, of course, Shirley Clarke’s films, which were a strong inspiration to the filmmaker.

As her film releases just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s startling decision to overturn a federal ban on bump stocks which can transform a legal semi-automatic weapon into an illegal machine gun, Kallas explains the motivation behind her ‘Gun Trilogy:’ “Like most European filmmakers, I was raised on a diet of American films and TV—and one of the things that these exported to the world was guns as part of our vernacular. Whether it was westerns or gangster movies, thrillers or action movies, or urban films featuring the growing despair of a dysfunctional society, they cannot be imagined without guns. In that sense, there is a dissonance between the political uphill battle for gun regulation in the midst of the rising numbers of mass shootings, and the fact that guns continue to be prominently featured in our art and entertainment. Let’s face it, guns are often portrayed as cool assets, even when they signify social decay. What I am particularly interested in is the ease with which guns can land in the wrong hands whether it’s because of their easy availability, the state of the mental health system, the lack of regulation or, lastly, because of their perceived and perpetuated coolness.”

‘The Rainbow Experiment’—celebrated as a dark and playful 21st-century Rashomon—centers around an incident in a science class, plunging a public NYC high school into chaos as teachers crumble, students spiral, and the school board launches an investigation. The film grapples with gun control in the educational system, opening with an explosion and culminating in a shooting involving two bereaved parents. In ’42 Seconds of Happiness’, another powerless victim—this time a woman cheated on by her thoughtless husband—becomes a potential perpetrator, seizing power and a false sense of control by obtaining an easily available gun. As one character in ‘The Rainbow Experiment’ observes, “It’s the easiest thing to have a gun in America.”

PARIS IS IN HARLEM is now available digitally across major platforms in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK. 

Check out the film’s first trailer here. 

Check out the filmmaker’s bio here.