Jazz Articles about Robert Unterköfler

Jim Rotondi: Finesse

by Jack Bowers
April 6, 2024

Finesse is trumpeter Jim Rotondi's ninth recording as a leader but his first using a full orchestra including strings. The band and string section are from Austria, where Rotondi presently lives, performs, and teaches, and each one is quite good. As for Rotondi, besides playing superb trumpet--open or muted--he wrote and arranged everything on the album save for two brief “introductory" pieces by Jakob Helling. As if that many instruments weren't enough, Rotondi invited two friends, saxophonist ...