If Only for One Night (Wallace Roney album)

If Only for One Night is a live album by trumpeter/composer Wallace Roney which was recorded at the Iridium in New York City in 2009 and released on the HighNote label the following year.[1]

If Only for One Night
Live album by
ReleasedApril 20, 2010
RecordedJuly 30 – August 2, 2009
VenueIridium Jazz Club, New York City
GenreJazz
Length61:33
LabelHighNote
HCD 7202
ProducerWallace Roney, Dawn Jones
Wallace Roney chronology
Jazz
(2007)
If Only for One Night
(2010)
Home
(2012)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
Financial Times     [3]
The Guardian     [4]

Allmusic's Michael G. Nastos said "Retro-fusion and funk à la latter period Miles Davis with hard-swinging jazz and some pop-type ballads comprise this meaty and beaty session full of energetic highs and introspective low-key music. ... A diverse and enjoyable set, overdue for Roney in a club or concert setting, it shows he's a strong player with plenty of ideas in the tank based in tribute to his idol Davis".[2] Financial Times reviewer, Mike Hobart, stated "Roney is a forceful and atmospheric trumpeter, stretching out in sympathetic company, his rounded tone perfectly captured by this live club recording".[3] In The Guardian, John Fordham noted "Plenty of trumpeters play Miles's notes, and get close to his sound – but Roney goes deeper, because he also shares the uncanny timing and dramatic instincts, and the vision to conceive a moment-to-moment improvised solo as a narrative whole".[4] PopMatters', Will Layman wrote: "Throughout this set, the band is inventive and powerful, even if they seem to be searching for a clear identity. In being able to play anything (at least anything Davis-inspired), the band loses itself a bit. Roney seems most himself on the final track, a solo trumpet essay for his son, where he sheds the Miles sound somewhat and hints at his classical studies".[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Wallace Roney except where noted

  1. "Quadrant" – 11:34
  2. "If Only for One Night" (Brenda Russell) – 5:48
  3. "Only with You" (Tony Williams) – 5:48
  4. "I Have a Dream" (Herbie Hancock) – 10:31
  5. "Metropolis" – 8:33
  6. "Let's Wait Awhile" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, Melanie Andrews) – 7:50
  7. "I Love What We Make Together" (Attala Zane Giles) – 6:40
  8. "FMS" – 5:09

Personnel

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  • Wallace Roney – trumpet
  • Antoine Roney – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Aruán Ortiz – keyboards
  • Rashaan Carter – bass
  • Kush Abadey – drums

References

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  1. ^ Jazz Depot: HighNote discography accessed April 28, 2020
  2. ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. Wallace Roney: If Only for One Night – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Hobart, M. Financial Times Review, May 1, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020
  4. ^ a b Fordham, J. The Guardian Review, April 23, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020
  5. ^ Layman, W. PopMatters Review accessed April 28, 2020