Mistérios is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, recorded in 1994 and released on the Warner Bros. label.[1]
| Mistérios | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Studio | Power Station and The Hit Factory, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 58:54 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. 9 45641 | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero, Matt Pierson, Gordon Meltzer | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Trumpeter Wallace Roney avoids the standard repertoire altogether on this CD, ... but, try as hard as he may, he still sounds like Miles Davis every time he hits a long tone or plays a doubletime passage. Backed by a small orchestra that mostly interprets Gil Goldstein arrangements, Roney is the main soloist throughout this interesting ballad-dominated set".[2]
In The Washington Post, Geoffrey Himes wrote: "Not only was this recording supervised by Davis's old producer, Teo Macero, but it features Evans-like orchestral arrangements by Gil Goldstein, who had transcribed and adapted Evans's charts for Miles Davis & Quincy Jones Live at Montreux ... Because Roney emphasizes feeling over technique, Misterios has the chance to connect with a non-jazz audience as few acoustic jazz albums have since Davis's heyday".[3]
In JazzTimes, David R. Adler noted: "Misterios, his debut for the label, is in many respects a marvelous piece of work—with jazz ensemble and strings interpreting works by Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Egberto Gismonti and, bizarrely enough, Dolly Parton. The label wanted a cover of a Grammy-winning song, and Roney averted a potential disaster, turning “I Will Always Love You,” the Parton-penned Whitney Houston hit, into a thing of enigmatic beauty, an unabashed valentine to his departed friend and mentor, Miles Davis".[4]
Track listing edit
- "Meu Menino" (Danilo Caymmi, Ana Terra) – 6:15
- "In Her Family" (Pat Metheny) – 4:47
- "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:31
- "Cafe" (Egberto Gismonti) – 6:28
- "Mistérios" (Joyce, Mauricio Maestro) – 4:52
- "Last to Know" (Metheny) – 6:47
- "Memoria e Fado" (Gismonti) – 5:16
- "71+" (Jaco Pastorius) – 6:51
- "Muerte" (Astor Piazzolla) – 5:48
- "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) – 5:19
Personnel edit
- Wallace Roney − trumpet, arranger
- Gil Goldstein – arranger, conductor, keyboards
- Ravi Coltrane (track 9), Antoine Roney (tracks 4, 6 & 8) − tenor saxophone
- Geri Allen − piano, arranger
- Clarence Seay − double bass
- Eric Allen − drums
- Steve Berrios, Steve Thornton, Valtinho Anastacio – percussion
- Orchestra:
References edit
- ^ Wallace Roney: Music accessed April 2, 2020
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Wallace Roney: Misterios – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Himes, G,. Wallace Roney: Miles Ahead of the Pack, The Washington Post, August 7, 1994, accessed April 2, 2020
- ^ Adler, D. R. Wallace Roney: The Man with the Golden Horn, JazzTimes, accessed April 2, 2020