Wallace Roney: Performing Artist in New York

About Wallace Roney

Wallace Roney was an American jazz trumpeter whose recorded work sits in the modern jazz tradition, moving between straight-ahead swing and ballad-centered lyricism. He received a Grammy and two additional nominations, marking a career recognized by peers as well as audiences. In New York City, his music is revisited in performance at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts as part of the Queens Jazz Trail Concert series. His playing favors a firm, unadorned line over spectacle, with tone and phrasing doing most of the work.