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
(8,217 posts)He has lovely tone. This is a nice track to decompress from all the bad news. Thanks for posting and RIP.
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)blm
(114,789 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)Hyper_Eye
(689 posts)Sorry for your loss.
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 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
(104,003 posts)LudwigPastorius
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2naSalit
(104,003 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
(5,468 posts)What an absolutely beautiful tone he had. Thank you for sharing. RIP, Mr. Rotondi.
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,105 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
(4,479 posts)Thank you for sharing his music with us.
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)That whole album is really nice, and is a good coda for him.
calimary
(91,027 posts)Rest in Peace, Jim Rotondi.
I hate it when we lose another musician.
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 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
(15,105 posts)Fortunately, he left behind a lot of good music, and some excellent students to continue to carry the torch.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,750 posts)Dude had chops. Must have been fun for a lot of years....
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)Someday Ill be able to tell stories about our college days
providing the requisite statutes of limitation have expired.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,750 posts)LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)IbogaProject
(6,105 posts)Sounds like he was a good person.
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,419 posts)Fortunately, all the musicians that I knew who made it big are still alive. Most older than me!
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 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
(27,309 posts)He wasn't that old, was he?
LudwigPastorius
(15,105 posts)shone on ballads.