Wallace Roney

American jazz trumpeter (1960–2020)

Born: 25 May 1960
Philadelphia
Died: 31 March 2020
Paterson
Country: United States
Active: 1975–2020
Record labels: Warner Bros. Records
Discography: 20 albums

Biography

Wallace Roney was a jazz musician who played trumpet and flugelhorn. Wallace Roney was born on 25 May 1960 in Philadelphia and died on 31 March 2020 in Paterson. The music is usually filed under jazz and post-bop. Record labels: Warner Bros. Records. The discography here lists 20 albums, from “Verses” (1987) to “Blue Dawn - Blue Nights” (2019).

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 music instructor, mentor, and friend; he was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored.

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