Sunday, February 20, 2011

Jim Rotondi's Cool Groove


Trumpeter Jim Rotondi has been around for a while but I'm starting to hear more of his music and I like his approach to songs. What first caught my ear was "We Can Work It Out," a Beatles tune that illustrates Rotondi's treatment of an over-played classic (hear a clip here). It's from the 1000 Rainbows album. The video above is from the studio session for the album Four of a Kind.

Interestingly, at least on "We Can Work It Out," Rotondi is using both piano and vibraphone in the group. Looks like vibraphone is catching my ear (see my last post on Mike DiRubbo here).

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