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Wallace Roney

1960 - 2020

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Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He won one Grammy award and was nominated twice. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Wallace credited Davis as having helped to challenge and shape his creative approach to life as well as being his music instructor, mentor, and friend; he was the only trumpet player Davis personally mentored. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Roney is the 2,766th most popular musician (down from 2,673rd in 2019), the 15,690th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,906th in 2019) and the 1,148th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wallace Roney ranks 2,766 out of 3,175Before him are Harald Nævdal, Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Yitzhak Yedid, Ana Rucner, Latto, and Leszek Możdżer. After him are Chris Stapleton, Diodato, Sam Totman, James Dean Bradfield, Pakito, and Pete Wentz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Wallace Roney ranks 753Before him are Urszula Kielan, Glenn Anderson, Bernard Rose, Elena Valenciano, Francesco Romano, and Mark Dindal. After him are Andrea Fischer, Halim Benmabrouk, Vicki Lewis, Wanda Vázquez Garced, Isabelle Boéri-Bégard, and Jayne Brook. Among people deceased in 2020, Wallace Roney ranks 853Before him are Sushant Singh Rajput, Vasili Kulkov, Stan Kirsch, Fabrice Philipot, Maurice Setters, and Pete Stark. After him are Anele Ngcongca, Julie Bennett, Ruhollah Zam, Khagendra Thapa Magar, King Von, and Trevor Cherry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Roney ranks 15,697 out of 20,380Before him are Laura Allen (1974), Brad Paisley (1972), Mark Dindal (1960), Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972), Connie Carpenter-Phinney (1957), and Shawn Marion (1978). After him are Justin Verlander (1983), Bryan Fuller (1969), Raven-Symoné (1985), Sherwood C. Spring (1944), Cosmo Jarvis (1989), and Mel Pender (1937).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Wallace Roney ranks 1,148Before him are Reggie Lucas (1953), Richard Lloyd (1951), Brooks Wackerman (1977), Dave Abbruzzese (1968), Rocky Gray (1974), and Latto (1998). After him are Chris Stapleton (1978), Pete Wentz (1979), Stephen Bray (1956), J Mascis (1965), Brendon Urie (1987), and Ani DiFranco (1970).