Musicians
Related: About this forumMy friend, Jim Rotondi, has died.
Great guy, great player...We went to school together and hung out and played a lot.
He moved to New York after touring with Ray Charles, and later across the pond to Graz to teach.
https://www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2024-07-09/jim-rotondi-a-leading-hard-bop-trumpeter-of-our-era-dies-at-61
A cut from his last album:

jmbar2
(7,078 posts)He has lovely tone. This is a nice track to decompress from all the bad news. Thanks for posting and RIP.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)blm
(114,232 posts)LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)Hyper_Eye
(689 posts)Sorry for your loss.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)It's one of those things were you think there's always going to be time to get together with someone you haven't seen in a while, but fate has other plans.
I was always happy for him. He won at life...doing what he loved, writing, playing, and releasing his own albums...not to mention finding and marrying a sweet French girl.
See you on the other side, Jim.
2naSalit
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LudwigPastorius
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2naSalit
(97,359 posts)Talented musician and a great loss to all who knew or will ever hear his music. The music will live on until there are none to hear.
DarthDem
(5,402 posts)What an absolutely beautiful tone he had. Thank you for sharing. RIP, Mr. Rotondi.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)Demovictory9
(36,811 posts)LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)We couldn't understand how he got so good growing up in Butte Montana. (Not much of a jazz scene there!)
Some people just have "it".
ZZenith
(4,382 posts)Thank you for sharing his music with us.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)That whole album is really nice, and is a good coda for him.
calimary
(87,127 posts)Rest in Peace, Jim Rotondi.
I hate it when we lose another musician.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)Marcus IM
(3,001 posts)Lost one of my old long term friends and HS band buddies recently also.
Ripped a piece of me out.
So sorry you are experiencing this loss also.
The music you posted is fabulously well played. What a loss to the music community.
Condolences to you, his family and friends.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)Fortunately, he left behind a lot of good music, and some excellent students to continue to carry the torch.
OAITW r.2.0
(30,486 posts)Dude had chops. Must have been fun for a lot of years....
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)Someday Ill be able to tell stories about our college days
providing the requisite statutes of limitation have expired.
OAITW r.2.0
(30,486 posts)LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)IbogaProject
(4,682 posts)Sounds like he was a good person.
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)ProfessorGAC
(73,685 posts)Fortunately, all the musicians that I knew who made it big are still alive. Most older than me!
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)It's scary getting to that age when people I know..my age, and even younger...start dropping.
Makes me want to take better care of myself.
bif
(25,942 posts)He wasn't that old, was he?
LudwigPastorius
(12,985 posts)shone on ballads.