If Only for One Night (Wallace Roney album)

If Only for One Night
Live album by Wallace Roney
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
Wallace Roney chronology
Jazz (2007) If Only for One Night (2010) Home (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. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Financial Times	[3]
The Guardian	[4]

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". ^[2] 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". ^[3] 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". ^[4] 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". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Wallace Roney except where noted

1. "Quadrant" – 11:34
2. "If Only for One Night" (Brenda Russell) – 5:48
3. "Only with You" (Tony Williams) – 5:48
4. "I Have a Dream" (Herbie Hancock) – 10:31
5. "Metropolis" – 8:33
6. "Let's Wait Awhile" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, Melanie Andrews) – 7:50
7. "I Love What We Make Together" (Attala Zane Giles) – 6:40
8. "FMS" – 5:09

Personnel

• Wallace Roney – trumpet
• Antoine Roney – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Aruán Ortiz – keyboards
• Rashaan Carter – bass
• Kush Abadey – drums

References

1. Jazz Depot: HighNote discography accessed April 28, 2020
2. Nastos, Michael G.. Wallace Roney: If Only for One Night – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. Hobart, M. Financial Times Review, May 1, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020
4. Fordham, J. The Guardian Review, April 23, 2010, accessed April 28, 2020
5. Layman, W. PopMatters Review accessed April 28, 2020