{"product_id":"jim-rotondi-dark-blue-cd","title":"Jim Rotondi - Dark Blue CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4293330994\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jimrotondismoke.bandcamp.com\/album\/dark-blue\"\u003eDark Blue by Jim Rotondi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Nothing beats musicians of this caliber working on a strong program of original material and innovative arrangements.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— C. Andrew Hovan, All About Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“This trumpeter’s new album, DARK BLUE, may put you in mind of a Freddie Hubbard recording from the early seventies—a mighty compliment in an era when far too many brass players value braininess over full-throttled passion.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Steve Futterman, The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Rotondi’s style is a fusion of flash and depth. He’s got chops for days but never turns them into a crutch. One minute, he’s whipping through a glittery solo on the firm-grooving ‘BC’; the next, his horn embraces the introspective last-call melody of the title track.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Matt R. Lohr, JazzTimes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e#1 JazzWeek radio chart (2 weeks)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJim Rotondi’s DARK BLUE is an album that proves again that when you hear him for the first time, you aren’t likely to forget it. For 20+ years, Rotondi was one of the leading trumpet heroes of the New York City jazz scene and a musician whose fiery playing and daring solos firmly established him as a torchbearer of the Lee Morgan-Freddie Hubbard-Woody Shaw trumpet tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLike so many jazz greats before him, he’s based in Europe now, but he’s still blowing with the same intensity, if not more. But, he returned to New York for this recording and assembled a spectacular quintet that brings together hard-bop stalwarts David Hazeltine on piano, Joe Locke on vibraphone, David Wong on bass, and Carl Allen on drums. Rotondi uses the importance of place as a central theme for much of this program and features music inspired by pivotal locations in his career from Europe to New York and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased March 4, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJim Rotondi – trumpet \u0026amp; flugelhorn\u003cbr\u003e\nJoe Locke – vibraphone\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Hazeltine – piano \u0026amp; Fender Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e\nDavid Wong – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nCarl Allen – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live July 15, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\nat Sear Sound, Studio C, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded \u0026amp; Mastered by Roman Klun\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistants: Ted Tuthill \u0026amp; Grant Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed by Roman Klun \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by John Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\nArtist interview edited by Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJoe Locke appears courtesy of Motéma Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382106763646,"sku":"SSR-1602-CD","price":45.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1602-CD.jpg?v=1760095246","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/products\/jim-rotondi-dark-blue-cd","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}