Jim Rotondi

Jim Rotondi - Finesse (2024) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 8, 2024

Jim Rotondi - Finesse (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [24bit-96kHz] | 1:16:51 | 1.39 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop

Trumpeter Jim Rotondi is a solid post-bop musician with a warm tone and an improvisational approach deeply steeped in the tradition of great jazz trumpeters. While the Butte, Montana native began piano lessons with his mother at age eight, it was the trumpet that became his main instrument from age 12 on. After graduating high school in 1980, Rotondi enrolled in the highly regarded jazz studies program at North Texas State University. In 1984, he earned first place in the International Trumpet Guild's jazz trumpet competition.

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Jim Rotondi Quintet - Over Here (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 18, 2023

Jim Rotondi Quintet - Over Here (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 52:23 minutes | 1,18 GB
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Criss Cross Jazz, Official Digital Download

By titling his eighth Criss Cross album Over Here!, trumpeter Jim Rotondi picks up on the sentiments he signified with The Move, his seventh for the label. “It doesn’t necessarily mean moving somewhere else, but rather returning home, playing tunes with a lot of straight-ahead swing and interesting chord sequences with guys I’m comfortable with,” Rotondi stated in the liner notes I wrote for that kinetic 2009 recital.

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Jim Rotondi - Dark Blue (2016) Music

Posted by Domestos at Jan. 8, 2018

Jim Rotondi - Dark Blue (2016)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 437.47 Mb | 01:04:13 | Cover
Hard-Bop, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz | Label: Smoke Sessions Records - SSR-1602

Back in 1997 when Introducing Jim Rotondi announced that a major new trumpeter star was on the ascent, few could have predicted how important and prolific Rotondi would become to the mainstream landscape. A foremost stylist in the lineage of Freddie Hubbard and Wood Shaw, Rotondi quickly proved he had absorbed the legacy, only to jettison imitation in favor of innovation. Working regularly with his own groups and the hard bop ensemble One For All, Rotondi was a major force in New York before heading to Austria to teach in 2008.

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Jim Rotondi - Live at Smalls (2024) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Oct. 10, 2024

Jim Rotondi - Live at Smalls (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 57:58 minutes | 348 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Jim Rotondi has been a force on the New York jazz scene for the past twenty years. His consummate and modern-edged trumpet playing is evocative of Woody Shaw but uniquely his own. In this live date, he is joined by pianist David Hazeltine, Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth.

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Jim Rotondi - The Move (2010) Music

Posted by gribovar at May 2, 2022

During his 13-year association with Criss Cross, which includes six prior leader dates and another five with the nonpareil hardbop collective One For All, trumpeter Jim Rotondi has consistently maintained high standards of excellence in his playing and writing. The Move is no exception - Rotondi's strong sextet, all long-time colleagues (Ralph Bowen, tenor sax; Mike DiRubbo, alto sax; David Hazeltine, piano; John Webber, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums), play the stimulating charts with heat, creative spirit, and deep craft, each member stamping themselves as personal voices in the mainstream jazz timeline.

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One For All - What's Going On (2007) [Japan 2017] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at June 16, 2024

Rock-solid work from One For All, easily one of the greatest straight jazz combos going, thanks to some tremendous tenor work from Eric Alexander, sweet piano work from David Hazeltine, and snapping rhythms from drummer Joe Farnsworth. The sextet also features Jim Rotondi on trumpet, Steve Davis on trombone, and John Webber on bass, all working here at the height of their powers, and also coming across with a bit more sharpness and soul than even other recent sessions on the Venus label. Arrangements are by all members of the group; the tunes are long and roll out beautifully with a solidly soulful feel — no surprise, given that most of them are covers of classic soul tunes from the '70s.

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One For All - No Problem (2003) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Feb. 25, 2024

One for All have been an active New York City-based collective with fairly steady personnel except for the bass chair, which has rotated between several players. On this 2003 session for the Japanese Venus label, Ray Drummond joins tenorist Eric Alexander, trombonist Steve Davis, trumpeter Jim Rotondi, pianist David Hazeltine, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, the latter members all being part of the core group back to its creation in the mid-'90s. Most of the selections on this date are associated with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, having been written for the late drummer's band or popularized by him, while the band's name was the title of Blakey's final album as a leader.

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One For All - The End Of A Love Affair (2001) [Japan 2015] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Feb. 24, 2024

Quintet of Jazz aficionados explore standards on this SACD from Venus Records. Pianist David Hazeltine joins Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, Peter Washington, Jim Rotondi, and Joe Farnsworth for this set of standards including "Corcovado", "Skylark" and "Stolen Moments". More detailed descriptions are really unnecessary for those familiar with the gentlemen that make up One For All; these guys have each developed their individual voices and are among the most in-demand musicians of the current set. And for the uninitiated, this set comes highly recommended as a consummate example of modern mainstream know-how.

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One For All & George Coleman - Big George (2024) Music

Posted by delpotro at March 14, 2024

One For All & George Coleman - Big George (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 348 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 137 Mb | 00:59:16
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Smoke Sessions Records

Acclaimed sextet One for All makes its much-anticipated return with BIG GEORGE, its first release in seven years and its 17th. The album reunites Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, David Hazeltine, John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth, who are joined on three tracks by a very special guest saxophonist, their mentor and hero, NEA Jazz Master George Coleman.

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One For All - Killer Joe (2006) [Japan 2017] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at June 4, 2024

Known for their hard-bop style of jazz, the sextet One For All was formed in 1997 and features Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), Jim Rotondi (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), David Hazeltine (piano), David Williams (bass) and Joe Farnsworth (drums). The group has been compared to 1960s-era Blue Note jazz and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and borrowed the name One For All from the Jazz Messengers' last album. Jazz Times' critic David Adler has called One For All "New York's premier hard-bop supergroup".

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