Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney was a lifelong student of jazz. From the age of five when he first heard Miles Davis, Roney’s path was clear. At twelve, he auditioned for Clark Terry and was soon being schooled by Dizzy Gillespie. At fifteen he sat in with Art Blakey. A few years later, Blakey hired Roney to replace Wynton Marsalis. At 23, Miles Davis gifted him a trumpet. But his true gift would always be his own. Wallace Roney—he left us too young, at 59. But his music is timeless.