Home (Wallace Roney album) explained

Home
Type:Studio album
Artist:Wallace Roney
Cover:Home (Wallace Roney album).jpg
Released:March 13, 2012
Recorded:November 23–24, 2010
Studio:Area 51 Recording Studio, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:60:35
Label:HighNote
HCD 7218
Producer:Wallace Roney, Dawn Jones
Chronology:Wallace Roney
Prev Title:If Only for One Night
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Understanding
Next Year:2013

Home is an album by trumpeter/composer Wallace Roney which was recorded in 2010 and released on the HighNote label.[1]

Reception

Financial Times reviewer, Mike Hobart, stated "Trumpeter Wallace Roney and his saxophonist brother Antoine's long-standing partnership is steeped in the influence of the second great Miles Davis acoustic band. Both Roneys have mouth-watering tones and spin long fluent lines with imperious logic, and their working rhythm sections are fluid and spacious. Add in passing references to hip-hop, strong musical personalities and potent writing ... and a classic tradition springs to life".[2] In The Observer, Dave Gelly noted "No one could call these eight numbers easy listening but they have a concentrated power and moments of quite devastating boldness and originality".[3] JazzTimes', Philip Booth wrote: "Old-school funk and fusion? Contemporary R&B? Straight-ahead jazz? Open-air modal music? ... Roney, joined by his regular bandmates and several guests, touches on several of the stylistic strains mentioned above on Home. It's chockfull of the leader's dazzling displays, including the long tones and then quick runs .. there is never a dull moment".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Wallace Roney except where noted

  1. "Utopia" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:20
  2. "Home" – 7:28
  3. "Pacific Express" (John McLaughlin) – 6:49
  4. "Plaza Real" (Shorter) – 10:20
  5. "Dawn" – 8:34
  6. "Evolution of the Blues" – 8:06
  7. "Ghost of Yesterday" – 9:05
  8. "Revive" (Bobby Ward) – 2:53

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdepot.com/w_roney/7218.html Jazz Depot: HighNote discography
  2. Hobart, M. Financial Times Review, April 7, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020
  3. Gelly, D. The Observer Review, April 22, 2012, accessed April 28, 2020
  4. Booth, P. JazzTimes Review accessed April 28, 2020