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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 27, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 4 Joe Locke & David Hazeltine Mutual Admiration Society 2 (Sharp Nine) 238 218 +20 2 57 1 6 2 6 23 Grant Stewart Grant Stewart Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Sharp Nine) 225 183 +42 0 48 2 8 ...
Posi-Tone Records: More Home Runs with Mike DiRubbo, Ralph Bowen, Sean Nowell
by J Hunter
If Posi-Tone Records was a major league baseball team, it would be at the top of its division. So far in 2009, the label has had big wins with Sam Yahel's piano trio debut Hometown and guitarist Yotam Silberstein's overall debut Next Page, not to mention former Ray Charles sideman, trumpeter Jim Rotondi's heartfelt tribute to ...
July 2009
by AAJ Staff
Smoke Big BandSmokeNew York City June 4, 2009When the Smoke Big Band, under the direction of Bill Mobley, crowded onto the Smoke bandstand for its second set (Jun. 4th), the focus was on music by '80s-era Jazz Messengers alumni: Billy Pierce, Donald Brown and Mulgrew Miller. Mobley is a trumpeter, ...
Posi-Tone Records
by Donald Elfman
Posi-Tone Records is an extraordinary anomaly in these times, an independent, thriving jazz label that continues to find new and established musicians and works continually to improve each aspect of production to release a final product of superior quality. As the market has changed the company has sought and accepted new ways to do business that ...
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi's Tribute to Ray Charles at Smoke on June 5th & 6th, 2009
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi will be performing with his Quintet in “Tribute to Ray Charles”- these performances are a celebration for his new Posi-Tone CD release titled Blues for Brother Ray “Rotondi has the passion and focus to find a place for the music in the new millennium.” --The New Yorker “Clearly, Rotondi emerges as one of ...
April 2009
by AAJ Staff
Edward SimonEd Simon TrioVillage VanguardNew York City March 1, 2009In any circumstance, it would be worth hitting the Village Vanguard to hear Edward Simon (Mar. 1st), one of the most gifted pianists of our day. But the presence of guest saxophonist Mark Turner--back in undiminished form after a ...
Jim Rotondi with Joe Locke at Jazz Cafe, Detroit
by C. Andrew Hovan
Jim Rotondi Quintet featuring Joe Locke Jazz Cafe at Music Hall Detroit, Michigan December 22, 2007It's not an easy proposition. Locating good live jazz has become a major challenge in even the major cities outside of New York. Oh sure, you can find local musicians honing their craft at the neighborhood ...
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi Releases "Four of a Kind" on Posi-Tone
The new release, Four of a Kind, on the Posi-Tone label, is a quartet date featuring Jim Rotundi - trumpet, David Hazeltine - piano & rhodes, John Webber - bass, and Joe Farnsworth - drums. The disc features three Rotundi originals, one original each from Farnsworth and Hazeltine, along with a rendition of Cedar Walton's arrangement ...
Iron Man
By Jim Rotondi
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Iron Man; Chouchou; For My Nephews; Embraceable You; Digit; Repetition; Mr. Craignos; Power.
Jim Rotondi: Iron Man
by Elliott Simon
The harsh sterility that can sometimes characterize post bop horn-based quintets is noticeably lacking on Iron Man. Jim Rotondi's trumpet and flugelhorn are deliciously warm, and saxman Jimmy Greene's tenor fits right into the overall mood. A member of the hard bop ensemble One for All, Rotondi eschews the piano here in favor of seasoned vibraphonist ...
