The Standard Bearer (album)

This article is about the album by Wallace Roney. For the role, see Standard-bearer.

The Standard Bearer is the third album by American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Muse label early the following year.^[1][2][3]

The Standard Bearer
Studio album by Wallace Roney
Released	1990
Recorded	March 3, 1989
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:28
Label	Muse MR 5372
Producer	Don Sickler
Wallace Roney chronology
Intuition (1988) The Standard Bearer (1990) Obsession (1990)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "Roney's The Standard Bearer (dedicated to Woody Shaw) is excellent. ... Creative frameworks and inspired solos keep this recording from being just a bop revival session. In fact, except for Roney's sound, everything about the music is quite fresh".^[4]

Track listing

1. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) − 6:12
2. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) − 7:17
3. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Fields) − 7:02
4. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) − 6:38
5. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) − 5:42
6. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) − 5:13
7. "Loose" (Wallace Roney, Cindy Blackman, Steve Berrios) − 5:24

Personnel

• Wallace Roney − trumpet
• Gary Thomas − tenor saxophone (tracks 1–6)
• Mulgrew Miller − piano (tracks 1–6)
• Charnett Moffett − bass (tracks 1–6)
• Cindy Blackman − drums
• Steve Berrios − percussion (track 7)

References

1. Muse Records listing accessed February 9, 2018
2. Wallace Roney: Music accessed February 12, 2018
3. Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5350 to 5399 accessed February 12, 2018
4. Yanow, Scott. The Standard Bearer – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2018.