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A Place In Time

Wallace Roney

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Cat No: HCD7295

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Release Date:  04 November 2016

Label:  HighNote Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  632375729523

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

Release Date:  21 September 2018

Label:  HighNote Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  632375729516

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    With the Grammy-winning composer/pianist Patrice Rushen on hand with guest reedman Gary Bartz and Wallace Roney's sidemen of choice, Ben Solomon, tenor sax, Buster Williams, bass and Lenny White, drums, the musicians on 'A Place in Time' deliver a blisteringly accomplished and creative session.

    Wallace Roney's music is a tough, taut and intransigent continuation of the arcane forms and structured freedoms of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet. Listeners often associate Roney with Davis, thanks to Roney's work with the jazz legend early in Roney's career. But at this point, Davis' impact on Roney can be considered mostly historic, with Roney's playing larger in scope, firmer in tone and sharper in attack than Davis'.

    Today, Wallace's set lists feature easy-on-the-ear themes that mask harmonic complexities, while solos are fuelled by strong moods and sustained rhythmic drive informed by the spectre of Davis but far from imitating him. Whether he performs up-tempo original compositions or mainstream ballads, Roney is always compelling in his idiosyncratic ways. His tendency to produce smeared tones, bent pitches and jabbing rhythmic figures in the stratospheric range of the instrument distinguishes his playing, as does the volatile spirit and ever-changing direction of his phrases.

    Description

    With the Grammy-winning composer/pianist Patrice Rushen on hand with guest reedman Gary Bartz and Wallace Roney's sidemen of choice, Ben Solomon, tenor sax, Buster Williams, bass and Lenny White, drums, the musicians on 'A Place in Time' deliver a blisteringly accomplished and creative session.

    Wallace Roney's music is a tough, taut and intransigent continuation of the arcane forms and structured freedoms of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet. Listeners often associate Roney with Davis, thanks to Roney's work with the jazz legend early in Roney's career. But at this point, Davis' impact on Roney can be considered mostly historic, with Roney's playing larger in scope, firmer in tone and sharper in attack than Davis'.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Around and Through
      • 2. Elegy
      • 3. Air Dancing
      • 4. Observance
      • 5. Ardeche
      • 6. L's Bop
      • 7. Clair de lune
      • 8. My Ship

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Around and Through
      • 2. Elegy
      • 3. Air Dancing
      • 4. Observance
      • 5. L's Bop
      • 6. Clair de lune
      • 7. My Ship