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Montclair Jazz Festival

WALLACE RONEY Jr

Updated: Aug 21


Growing up in a household full of music, it wasn’t long before Wallace Roney Jr. took a serious interest in playing trumpet. His Idols included trumpet giants such as Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and Lee Morgan. He started playing at age 10.


Wallace has shared the bandstand with legends such as Chick Corea, Jimmy Heath, Lenny White, Buster Williams, and the late Ornette Coleman--just to name a few. Wallace Jr., a graduate of the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of music, continues to play in numerous venues and performance spaces across the U.S and internationally, and remains a sought after trumpeter in the New Jersey/New York area.


Music has always been a part of the Roney family pedigree – his father being renowned trumpeter, Wallace Roney Sr. as well has his mother being Universally acclaimed pianist, Geri Allen.



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