My friend, Jim Rotondi, has died.

[LudwigPastorius]

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]

1. I'm sorry for your loss

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

[LudwigPastorius]

4. Thank you.

[blm]

2. Condolences

[LudwigPastorius]

5. Thanks.

[Hyper_Eye]

3. I enjoyed that very much. Thank you for sharing.

Sorry for your loss.

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Thank you.

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]

6. ...

[LudwigPastorius]

11. ...

[2naSalit]

22. A very...

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]

7. Sorry for your loss.

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

[LudwigPastorius]

12. thanks for the condolences

[Demovictory9]

8. Great 👍 skills

[LudwigPastorius]

15. Yeah, he was way ahead of the rest of us in school.

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]

10. Jim Rotondi was a fine musician.

Thank you for sharing his music with us.

[LudwigPastorius]

16. My pleasure.

That whole album is really nice, and is a good coda for him.

[calimary]

13. I'm sorry to hear this.

Rest in Peace, Jim Rotondi.

I hate it when we lose another musician.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Thanks, calimary.

[Marcus IM]

14. Very sorry for your loss.

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]

18. Thank you.

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

[OAITW r.2.0]

19. Sad to read your post.

Dude had chops. Must have been fun for a lot of years....

[LudwigPastorius]

20. One of the funniest humans I ever knew.

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

[OAITW r.2.0]

21. Record 'em...for your family and Jim's....they'd mean a lot to both families!

[LudwigPastorius]

24. Great suggestion.

[IbogaProject]

23. Sorry for your's and Music's loss

Sounds like he was a good person.

[LudwigPastorius]

25. Thank you, IP

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Condolences

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

[LudwigPastorius]

27. Thank you, Prof.

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]

28. Such a great player.

He wasn't that old, was he?

[LudwigPastorius]

29. Yeah, he really had a warm, fat sound that..,

shone on ballads.