JAZZ : 10 Years of Roney on Record

Wallace Roney’s 10 years in jazz have resulted in several first-rate, post-be-bop performances. Here are six recommended titles, the most recent listed first:

* “Seth Air,” Muse Records. Roney’s just-released solo project--his fifth for this independent New York-based label--features his brother, tenorist Antoine Roney. The siblings work out with substantial energy on such original items as the difficult “Melchizedek” and the Bacharach-David pop classic “Wives and Lovers.”

* Tony Williams, “The Story of Neptune,” Blue Note Records. Some very pretty muted horn work from Roney highlights this collection, which includes a long and sultry look at the evergreen “Poinciana.”

* Gerry Mulligan, “Re-Birth of the Cool,” GRP. The trumpeter steps into what were originally Miles Davis’ parts and plays with warmth and conviction.

* “Obsession,” Muse. This Roney album, made in 1990, finds the leader and such stablemates as drummer Cindy Blackman and pianist Donald Brown offering modern looks at a be-bop tune--”Donna Lee”--and several originals.

* “Intuition,” Muse. On his second album as a leader, Roney applies his edgy approach to the title tune, a Blackman composition, and to his own “For Duke” and “Ahead.” Ace sidemen include bassist Carter, saxman Kenny Garret and pianist Mulgrew Miller, Roney’s bandmate in Williams’ quintet.

* Art Blakey, “Feeling Good,” Delos. This 1986 album is an outstanding program of great jazz standards--Tizol’s “Caravan,” Shorter’s “One by One”--and originals that have become jazz staples, Miller’s “Second Thoughts” among them.