Wallace Roney - Mystikal flac album

Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960, Philadelphia) is an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991.

Upon first listen to trumpeter Wallace Roney's Mystikal one might be inclined to marginalize it as yet another attempt to re-create '70s-era Miles Davis. This would be a mistake. While Roney has always owed a large debt to the iconic jazz innovator - he even played with Davis on a concert released as Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux - Mystikal is a modern album made up of vintage parts. An expansive and creepily funky piece off Shorter's underrated 1985 album of the same name, Roney turns the song into a moody mix of Miles in the Sky-esque post-bop, '80s hip-hop, and new age atmospherics. Similarly engaging is his melancholy cover of the Temptations classic "Just My Imagination," which draws out the deeper, more sanguine harmonics of the song even while it perfectly embodies the innocent romance of the original.

Mystikal, Wallace Roney's second outing on the HighNote label, continues in the path he first traveled with the 2000 CD No Room For Argument in laying out his own vision for jazz in the 21st Century. In what is essentially a synthesis of the dark-funk fusion of the '70s, post-bop harmonies, and various undercurrents of hip-hop and electronica, Roney's music is becoming at once more eclectic and more refined in its core conception. The reggae piece "Hey Young World," for example, is a complete wild card; it is welcome however as it shows a lighter, more outwardly "fun" side of Wallace Roney's band than we are used to hearing. If there is anything Wallace Roney could be guilty of after all it is a certain humorlessness as a musician. The cover of "Just My Imagination is a nice contrast in its own way as well.

Tracklist: 1. Atlantis, 2. Mystikal, 3. Stargaze, 4. Just My Imagination, 5. Hey Young World, 6. Poetic, 7. Baby’s Breath, 8. NiceTown, 9. I’ll Keep Loving Yo. More albums from Wallace Roney: Village by Wallace Roney. The Standard Bearer by Wallace Roney. Intuition by Wallace Roney. Mistérios by Wallace Roney. Verses by Wallace Roney. Buddy’s Best by Wallace Roney. Saints & Sinners by Wallace Roney. View all albums . Mystikal.

If Only for One Night.

Mystikal is a eclectic fusion music album recording by WALLACE RONEY released in 2005 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette. 1. Atlantis (8:41) 2. Mystikal (6:20) 3. Stargaze (7:59) 4. Just My Imagination (5:32) 5. Hey Young World (7:33) 6. Poetic (5:14) 7. Baby's Breath (6:21) 8. Nice Town (6:59) 9. I'll Keep Loving You (5:01).

Highnote Records, In. High Note HCD 7145.

Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960) is an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. 1990–94: Early career. Mystikal's debut album, Mystikal, was released on New Orleans-based independent record label Big Boy Records in 1995.