Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney | |
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Roney in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 25, 1960 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 2020 (aged 59) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1975–2020 |
| Website | www |
| Education | |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Dawn Felice Jones |
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.