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Jim Rotondi

James Robert Rotondi was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and conductor. The youngest of five siblings, Rotondi was born in Butte, Montana. He played in New York City for twenty years before moving to Austria. He taught at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria. He has released over fifteen albums as a leader for Sharp Nine, Criss Cross, Posi-Tone, and Smoke Sessions Records. He played on over eighty albums as a sideman. He performed and recorded with Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Lou Donaldson, Curtis Fuller, Benny Sharoni, Eric Alexander, and George Coleman. Rotondi led a quintet, which featured vibraphonist Joe Locke, and an electric band with David Hazeltine called Full House, which used electronic sound on his trumpet and a variety of other electronic instruments. He was also a member of the group One for All. In 1984, while attending North Texas State University, he won first place in the International Trumpet Guild's jazz trumpet competition. Rotondi died of a heart attack in Le Crest, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on July 8, 2024, at the age of 61. From Wikipedia (

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Our Day Will Come

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Biru Kirusai

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Pure Imagination

4

Dark Blue

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Too Soon To Tell

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Finesse

2024

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Champagne Taste (feat. Greg Skaff, Barak Mori, Joe Strasser)

2008

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Four of a Kind (feat. David Hazeltine, John Webber & Joe Farnsworth)

2008

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Dark Blue

2016

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The Pleasure Dome (feat. David Hazeltine, Ray Drummond, Joe Farnsworth & Jesse Davis)

2004

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1000 Rainbows

2010

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Destination Up (feat. Mulgrew Miller, Joe Locke, Peter Washington & Joe Farnsworth)

2001

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Jim's Bob (feat. Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Joe Farnsworth & John Webber)

2009

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Live at Smalls

2024

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Bluesbag

Single • 2024

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Dark Blue

Single • 2023

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Cosmo

Single • 2024

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Mr. Craignos

Single • 2024

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For Curtis

Single • 2024

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Jim Rotondi Quintet - Live in France (2022) | Qwest TV

Qwest TV • 1.3K views

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One For All - John Coltrane (1999).wmv

Belkacem Meziane • 7.7K views

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Jim Rotondi Quintet - The Peacocks (2000 Criss Cross)

J airmail • 658 views

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Jim Rotondi Quintet feat. Joe Locke, David Hazeltine - BC (2016 Smoke Sessions)

J airmail • 1.2K views

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Jim Rotondi - I Wish I Knew

fabtrain • 17K views

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One For All - We All Love Eddie Harris (1999 Criss Cross)

J airmail • 2K views

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Jim Rotondi and Dick Oatts - "Biru Kirusai" - Live Jazz Trumpet Saxophone

Jazz Center of Bellingham • 3.3K views

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Jim Rotondi Sextet - Little B's Poem (Bobby Hutcherson)

Maxine Power • 7.1K views

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Jim Rotondi - "Ruth", from the LP Four Of A Kind

Posi-Tone Records • 6.9K views

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Jim Rotondi - "I See You Brother", from Four Of A Kind

Posi-Tone Records • 7K views