Wallace Roney

In 1966 a landmark suite of orchestral jazz entitled “The Universe Compositions" was written for Miles Davis and set to be recorded by The Miles Davis Quintet. That moment would never happen. The quintet broke up and the compositions were lost for 50 years...until they were finally recovered by Miles’ only protégé, Wallace Roney--the one man Miles would trust to fulfill his wish. As Wallace prepares to record and debut "Universe," he must find a way to uphold his mentor's legacy. The work would take on an added poignancy when Wallace unexpectedly passes in March 2020 before seeing the music's release out in the world.

Wallace Roney is an American 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. AIX Records was very pleased to have the opportunity to record Wallace and his amazing ensemble in 2006 complete with HD-Video equipment. It's been too many years but we've finally gotten the time and resources to put this high definition audio and video project on blu-ray complete with surround audio mixes. This disc was shot using HD video equipment and is presented in 16:9 HD-Video on this Blu-ray disc.