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LudwigPastorius

(11,065 posts)
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:36 PM Jul 2024

My 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:


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My friend, Jim Rotondi, has died. (Original Post) LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 OP
I'm sorry for your loss jmbar2 Jul 2024 #1
Thank you. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #4
Condolences blm Jul 2024 #2
Thanks. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #5
I enjoyed that very much. Thank you for sharing. Hyper_Eye Jul 2024 #3
Thank you. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #9
... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #6
... LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #11
A very... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #22
Sorry for your loss. DarthDem Jul 2024 #7
thanks for the condolences LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #12
Great 👍 skills Demovictory9 Jul 2024 #8
Yeah, he was way ahead of the rest of us in school. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #15
Jim Rotondi was a fine musician. ZZenith Jul 2024 #10
My pleasure. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #16
I'm sorry to hear this. calimary Jul 2024 #13
Thanks, calimary. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #17
Very sorry for your loss. Marcus IM Jul 2024 #14
Thank you. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #18
Sad to read your post. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2024 #19
One of the funniest humans I ever knew. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #20
Record 'em...for your family and Jim's....they'd mean a lot to both families! OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2024 #21
Great suggestion. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #24
Sorry for your's and Music's loss IbogaProject Jul 2024 #23
Thank you, IP LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #25
Condolences ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #26
Thank you, Prof. LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #27
Such a great player. bif Jul 2024 #28
Yeah, he really had a warm, fat sound that.., LudwigPastorius Jul 2024 #29

jmbar2

(6,230 posts)
1. I'm sorry for your loss
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:39 PM
Jul 2024

He has lovely tone. This is a nice track to decompress from all the bad news. Thanks for posting and RIP.

LudwigPastorius

(11,065 posts)
9. Thank you.
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:49 PM
Jul 2024

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

(93,435 posts)
22. A very...
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 05:49 AM
Jul 2024

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

(5,368 posts)
7. Sorry for your loss.
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:48 PM
Jul 2024

What an absolutely beautiful tone he had. Thank you for sharing. RIP, Mr. Rotondi.

LudwigPastorius

(11,065 posts)
15. Yeah, he was way ahead of the rest of us in school.
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:56 PM
Jul 2024

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".

 

Marcus IM

(3,001 posts)
14. Very sorry for your loss.
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:55 PM
Jul 2024

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

(11,065 posts)
18. Thank you.
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 11:59 PM
Jul 2024

Fortunately, he left behind a lot of good music, and some excellent students to continue to carry the torch.

LudwigPastorius

(11,065 posts)
20. One of the funniest humans I ever knew.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:33 AM
Jul 2024

Someday I’ll be able to tell stories about our college days…providing the requisite statutes of limitation have expired.

ProfessorGAC

(70,597 posts)
26. Condolences
Tue Jul 16, 2024, 02:05 PM
Jul 2024

Fortunately, all the musicians that I knew who made it big are still alive. Most older than me!

LudwigPastorius

(11,065 posts)
27. Thank you, Prof.
Tue Jul 16, 2024, 02:28 PM
Jul 2024

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.

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