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.
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Discography

As leader

Introducing Jim Rotondi Jim's Bop Reverence Excursions Destination Up New Vistas The Pleasure Dome Iron Man Four of a Kind Blues for Brother Ray 1000 Rainbows The Move Live at Smalls Hard Hittin' at the Bird's Eye Dark Blue Over Here Finesse
  • ''Bluesbag''

As sideman

With One for AllToo Soon to Tell Optimism Upward and Onward What's Going On The Long Haul The End of a Love Affair Live at Smoke Volume 1 Wide Horizons No Problem Blueslike Killer Joe The Lineup What's Going On? Return of the Lineup Incorrigible Invades Vancouver! The Third Decade Big George
With Eric AlexanderStraight Up Man with a Horn Solid! Mode for Mabes Alexander the Great The Second Milestone Temple of Olympic Zeus
With Charles EarlandBlowing the Blues Away Cookin' with the Mighty Burner Live Stomp! Charles Earland Tribute Band - Keepers of the Flame
With Irene ReidMillion Dollar Secret I Ain't Doing Too Bad The Uptown Lowdown One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
With others