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Wallace Roney at the Iridium Jazz Club Jan. 12-15 (IAJE Week)
January 3, 2006
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected]
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM Special IAJE Discount 50% off cover charge, second sets only except on Sat. Note: You must present your IAJE credentials at the box office.
Jan. 12-15 (IAJE Week) Wallace Roney, trumpet Antoine Roney, sax Eric Allen, drums Clarence Seay, bass Robert Irving, piano Val, turntables
For Immediate Release:
The Iridium Jazz Club is pleased to present one of the most exciting trumpeters in jazz today.
“Don't be stuck in the past but retain the greatness of it. And live in the moment, live in the future." -- Wallace Roney
Wallace Roneyhas one of themost exciting bandsin the business! The Chicago Review wrote:"...Wallace Roney blended acoustic postbop and electronic grooves over three deeply satisfying sets. It's not as if this sort of stylistic synthesis is unheard of these days, but it was notable on just how successful Roney's synthesis has become ... The group was profoundly tight, attuned and ... noticeably listening-no one was content to merely play changes on the more boppish tunes nor did anyone lose concentration on the long groove numbers. This was a band that reached for, and attained, some lofty musical heights."
And All About Jazzhas this to say: “He is using and fully integrating the lessons of all that modern jazz has taught us in the last fifty years, and creating an exciting hybrid."
Wallace Roney is a three-time Grammy Award winning Jazz Master. From being an acclaimed prodigy of Miles Davis to becoming one of Jazz music's most influential leaders, Roney has set himself apart by continually raising the musical bar, not being satisfied with merely recreating the sounds of Jazz tradition but striving to push the genre forward. His illustrious career boasts performances with such musical greats as Art Blakey, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and none other than Miles Davis himself. “Please put those very tired and very old Miles imitator barbs aside: Roney is a terrific Miles-influenced trumpeter with amazing chops and tremendous stylistic range" Dave Wayne of Jazz Weekly writes.
His critically acclaimed 2005 High Note CD Mystikal, Roney explores the deep, expansive chemistry he established with his crew on Prototype. Following his own muse the leader proudly proclaims, “Frankly, I don't think there is anyone better than these people I've got in this band. They all share that idea of trying to take the music further." Taking music further is what Wallace Roney is all about. Just listen to his music and its immediately evident that his is the sound of the future of jazz.
You don't want to miss Wallace Roney January 12th through 15 IAJE Week (www.iaje.org) at the Iridium Jazz Club.
Artist Website: www.wallaceroney.com
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected]
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM Special IAJE Discount 50% off cover charge, second sets only except on Sat. Note: You must present your IAJE credentials at the box office.
Jan. 12-15 (IAJE Week) Wallace Roney, trumpet Antoine Roney, sax Eric Allen, drums Clarence Seay, bass Robert Irving, piano Val, turntables
For Immediate Release:
The Iridium Jazz Club is pleased to present one of the most exciting trumpeters in jazz today.
“Don't be stuck in the past but retain the greatness of it. And live in the moment, live in the future." -- Wallace Roney
Wallace Roneyhas one of themost exciting bandsin the business! The Chicago Review wrote:"...Wallace Roney blended acoustic postbop and electronic grooves over three deeply satisfying sets. It's not as if this sort of stylistic synthesis is unheard of these days, but it was notable on just how successful Roney's synthesis has become ... The group was profoundly tight, attuned and ... noticeably listening-no one was content to merely play changes on the more boppish tunes nor did anyone lose concentration on the long groove numbers. This was a band that reached for, and attained, some lofty musical heights."
And All About Jazzhas this to say: “He is using and fully integrating the lessons of all that modern jazz has taught us in the last fifty years, and creating an exciting hybrid."
Wallace Roney is a three-time Grammy Award winning Jazz Master. From being an acclaimed prodigy of Miles Davis to becoming one of Jazz music's most influential leaders, Roney has set himself apart by continually raising the musical bar, not being satisfied with merely recreating the sounds of Jazz tradition but striving to push the genre forward. His illustrious career boasts performances with such musical greats as Art Blakey, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and none other than Miles Davis himself. “Please put those very tired and very old Miles imitator barbs aside: Roney is a terrific Miles-influenced trumpeter with amazing chops and tremendous stylistic range" Dave Wayne of Jazz Weekly writes.
His critically acclaimed 2005 High Note CD Mystikal, Roney explores the deep, expansive chemistry he established with his crew on Prototype. Following his own muse the leader proudly proclaims, “Frankly, I don't think there is anyone better than these people I've got in this band. They all share that idea of trying to take the music further." Taking music further is what Wallace Roney is all about. Just listen to his music and its immediately evident that his is the sound of the future of jazz.
You don't want to miss Wallace Roney January 12th through 15 IAJE Week (www.iaje.org) at the Iridium Jazz Club.
Artist Website: www.wallaceroney.com
For more information contact All About Jazz.
