Mark Schmieder Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/wallace-roney-death-covid-19/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Roney Another jazz great leaves us too soon on account of an unexpected appointment with Coronavirus. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. He was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored. I saw him play a few times, in different configurations. He's way too young to die from something as stupid as Coronavirus. But the same is true for a number of musicians and other creative individuals in the arts, who have left us recently. This is kind of freaky, but I just spent the past few hours trying to emulate his tone on a few jazz tunes I wrote, needed to take a short break, and saw this as my first headline. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piktor Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That is tragic. I love his playing. By pure luck, I got to see/hear Roney live just once when he performed with the Miles Smiles band (with Joey Defrancesco, Robben Ford, Bill Evans, etc) in San Fran several years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re Pete Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zephonic Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 RIP Wallace Roney Quote gear list.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 This one really hurts. He was so good, carrying the torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Another great one. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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