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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. Which is to say that while Roney has deep affection for the sounds of '60s jazz and '70s funk and fusion, he is a resolutely forward-thinking musician who borrows from a variety of sources and time periods even when the overall sound is funky. Featuring his longtime working band including pianist Geri Allen, brother saxophonist Antoine Roney, keyboardist Adam Holzman, bassist Matt Garrison, drummer Eric Allen, percussionist Bobby Thomas, Jr., and turntablist Val Jeanty, Roney has largely crafted a sister album to 2004's similarly minded Prototype. Like that album, Mystikal is in many ways a standard jazz album with some original compositions, a cover of a standard, and a lesser known piece by a well-known artist. This time around that artist is Wayne Shorter, whose "Atlantis" kicks off the album. 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. Interestingly, Roney makes room for some straight-ahead but no less adventurous stuff here covering trumpeter Kenny Dorham's jaunty "Poetic" as well as ending with pianist Bud Powell's gorgeous ballad "I'll Keep Loving You." Roney's own compositions do not disappoint either with the hard funk of "Stargaze" and the elegiac "Baby's Breath" displaying the trumpeter's deft creative vision. ~ Matt Collar
Live Recording
Recording information: Sony Studios, New York, NY (05/28/2005).
Photographer: Gene Martin.
Personnel: Wallace Roney (trumpet); Wallace Roney; Antoine Roney (soprano, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Geri Allen (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Adam Holzman (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Matthew Garrison (acoustic bass, electric bass); Eric Allen (drums); Bobby Thomas, Jr. (percussion); Val "Gelder" Jeanty (turntables).
Liner Note Author: Bill Milkowski.
JazzTimes (p.101) - "One of Roney's more compelling qualities comes in the way he utilizes elements...basic funk riffs, clavinet, electric piano -- to keep the fire burning rather than smoothing down the melodic potential. Mystikal Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $3.13) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet | | Label | Highnote Records, Inc. | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  41392  | | CD Universe Part number | 6950739 | | Catalog number | 7145 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 27, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Don Sickler; Don Sickler | | Engineer | Todd Whitelock; Todd Whitelock | | Personnel | Adam Holzman - Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards
Wallace Roney - trumpet
Geri Allen - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards
Matthew Garrison - acoustic bass, electric bass
Bobby Thomas Jr. - percussion
Eric Allen - drums
Antoine Roney - soprano, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Val "Gelder" Jeanty - turntables
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Wallace Roney Mystikal Songs Mystikal Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Wallace Roney - Mystikal
It doesn’t take much listening (of this album) to understand that Wallace Roney is a searching musician. Roney roams through several genres and styles in this album, ranging from traditional acoustic duets, to electronica, to reggae. That being said, I would really be hard pressed to consider this album a single work; but, would rather think it a collection of individual works that are more chronilogically associated than anything else.
The first song (Atlantis), and one of the best lead-off tracks I have heard in a long time, maximizes the jazz idiom of “tension and release” with various forms and riffs loosely combining to come together as one great track. From there Roney dabbles in various styles, most notably to myself “Just my imagination” which underscores Roney’s superb approach to the apposing forces of experimentation and honouring traditional jazz styles. As the album continues Roney’s musical vision and talent are show cased with an unrelenting frequency, giving me a lasting impression of what it was that Miles Davis most likely saw in this man. Also worth noting, was the stylistically succinct and technically brilliant work of the vastly under-rated Antoine Roney on saxophones.
For any musician or fan who has given up on the tradition-saturated and sometimes boring North American jazz scene, or to anyone committed to being a part of Jazz’s constantly evolving present, this CD is a must have. To those listeners who prefer to snap their fingers to compiled re-releases of jazz masters come and gone, this CD may be a bit taxing at times. But all-in-all I think in a few years, this will be an album looked upon with great reverence.
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