If Only for One Night (Wallace Roney album)
{{Infobox album
| name = If Only for One Night
| type = Live album
| artist = Wallace Roney
| cover = If Only for One Night (Wallace Roney album).jpg
| released = April 20, 2010
| recorded = July 30 – August 2, 2009
| venue = Iridium Jazz Club, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 61:33
| label = HighNote
HCD 7202
| producer = Wallace Roney, Dawn Jones
| chronology = Wallace Roney
| prev_title = Jazz
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Home
| next_year = 2012
}}
If Only for One Night is a live album by trumpeter/composer Wallace Roney which was recorded at the Iridium in New York City in 2009 and released on the HighNote label the following year.[http://www.jazzdepot.com/w_roney/7202.html Jazz Depot: HighNote discography] accessed April 28, 2020
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = Financial Times
| rev3 = The Guardian
}}
Allmusic's Michael G. Nastos said "Retro-fusion and funk à la latter period Miles Davis with hard-swinging jazz and some pop-type ballads comprise this meaty and beaty session full of energetic highs and introspective low-key music. ... A diverse and enjoyable set, overdue for Roney in a club or concert setting, it shows he's a strong player with plenty of ideas in the tank based in tribute to his idol Davis".{{AllMusic|first=Michael G. |last= Nastos |class=album |id=mw0001968026 |title=Wallace Roney: If Only for One Night – Review |accessdate=April 28, 2020}} Financial Times reviewer, Mike Hobart, stated "Roney is a forceful and atmospheric trumpeter, stretching out in sympathetic company, his rounded tone perfectly captured by this live club recording".Hobart, M. [https://www.ft.com/content/67be0f7c-5289-11df-a192-00144feab49a Financial Times Review], May 1, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020 In The Guardian, John Fordham noted "Plenty of trumpeters play Miles's notes, and get close to his sound – but Roney goes deeper, because he also shares the uncanny timing and dramatic instincts, and the vision to conceive a moment-to-moment improvised solo as a narrative whole".Fordham, J. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/22/wallace-roney-only-one-night The Guardian Review], April 23, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020 PopMatters', Will Layman wrote: "Throughout this set, the band is inventive and powerful, even if they seem to be searching for a clear identity. In being able to play anything (at least anything Davis-inspired), the band loses itself a bit. Roney seems most himself on the final track, a solo trumpet essay for his son, where he sheds the Miles sound somewhat and hints at his classical studies".Layman, W. [https://www.popmatters.com/132440-wallace-roney-if-only-for-one-night-2496121739.html PopMatters Review] accessed April 28, 2020
Track listing
All compositions by Wallace Roney except where noted
- "Quadrant" – 11:34
- "If Only for One Night" (Brenda Russell) – 5:48
- "Only with You" (Tony Williams) – 5:48
- "I Have a Dream" (Herbie Hancock) – 10:31
- "Metropolis" – 8:33
- "Let's Wait Awhile" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, Melanie Andrews) – 7:50
- "I Love What We Make Together" (Attala Zane Giles) – 6:40
- "FMS" – 5:09
Personnel
- Wallace Roney – trumpet
- Antoine Roney – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
- Aruán Ortiz – keyboards
- Rashaan Carter – bass
- Kush Abadey – drums