Jul 9, 2024 11:35 AM
Trumpeter, Educator Jim Rotondi Dies at 61
Jim Rotondi, a renowned hard-bop trumpeter, composer and educator, died suddenly on July 7 at a hospital in France. He…
Cellist Erik Friedlander will release an album insipred by American roots music, his own history as a young guitar player and the open road.
Block Ice & Propane (Skipstone Records) is a throwback to Friedlander’s childhood traveling across the United States with his family in the ‘60s and ‘70s. His father, the photographer Lee Friedlander, would plan journeys around his work and some of his photographs from that time figure in the CD’s packaging.
“Our camper was a thin shelled box sitting on top of a 1966 Chevrolet pickup truck,” Friedlander said in a news release. “Cities, campgrounds, parades, outhouses, wild animals and strange characters suffused in a haze of thousands of hours of highway travel. Writing these pieces put me back in that camper.”
Friedlander’s work on Block Ice, set for release Aug. 14, opened up when he noticed that his first sketches for the project were like finger-picking guitar pieces for the cello. A longtime veteren of New York’s downtown scene, Friedlander has backed John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Courtney Love and the Mountain Goats.
For more information, see www.blockiceandpropane.com.
Jim Rotondi was acclaimed for his wide, round trumpet tone, remarkable virtuosity and assured swing.
Jul 9, 2024 11:35 AM
Jim Rotondi, a renowned hard-bop trumpeter, composer and educator, died suddenly on July 7 at a hospital in France. He…
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