Mistérios is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, recorded in 1994 and released on the Warner Bros. label.[1]

Mistérios
Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded1994
StudioPower Station and The Hit Factory, New York City
GenreJazz
Length58:54
LabelWarner Bros.
9 45641
ProducerTeo Macero, Matt Pierson, Gordon Meltzer
Wallace Roney chronology
Crunchin'
(1994)
Mistérios
(1994)
The Wallace Roney Quintet
(1996)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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AllMusic     [2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Trumpeter Wallace Roney avoids the standard repertoire altogether on this CD, ... but, try as hard as he may, he still sounds like Miles Davis every time he hits a long tone or plays a doubletime passage. Backed by a small orchestra that mostly interprets Gil Goldstein arrangements, Roney is the main soloist throughout this interesting ballad-dominated set".[2]

In The Washington Post, Geoffrey Himes wrote: "Not only was this recording supervised by Davis's old producer, Teo Macero, but it features Evans-like orchestral arrangements by Gil Goldstein, who had transcribed and adapted Evans's charts for Miles Davis & Quincy Jones Live at Montreux ... Because Roney emphasizes feeling over technique, Misterios has the chance to connect with a non-jazz audience as few acoustic jazz albums have since Davis's heyday".[3]

In JazzTimes, David R. Adler noted: "Misterios, his debut for the label, is in many respects a marvelous piece of work—with jazz ensemble and strings interpreting works by Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Egberto Gismonti and, bizarrely enough, Dolly Parton. The label wanted a cover of a Grammy-winning song, and Roney averted a potential disaster, turning “I Will Always Love You,” the Parton-penned Whitney Houston hit, into a thing of enigmatic beauty, an unabashed valentine to his departed friend and mentor, Miles Davis".[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Meu Menino" (Danilo Caymmi, Ana Terra) – 6:15
  2. "In Her Family" (Pat Metheny) – 4:47
  3. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 6:31
  4. "Cafe" (Egberto Gismonti) – 6:28
  5. "Mistérios" (Joyce, Mauricio Maestro) – 4:52
  6. "Last to Know" (Metheny) – 6:47
  7. "Memoria e Fado" (Gismonti) – 5:16
  8. "71+" (Jaco Pastorius) – 6:51
  9. "Muerte" (Astor Piazzolla) – 5:48
  10. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) – 5:19

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Wallace Roney: Music accessed April 2, 2020
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Wallace Roney: Misterios – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Himes, G,. Wallace Roney: Miles Ahead of the Pack, The Washington Post, August 7, 1994, accessed April 2, 2020
  4. ^ Adler, D. R. Wallace Roney: The Man with the Golden Horn, JazzTimes, accessed April 2, 2020