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Jim Rotondi is one of the most exciting trumpet players in jazz. Raised in Butte, Montana, Jim took up the trumpet at age 12. He attended the esteemed jazz studies program at North Texas State University. If those first jobs out of college are tough to nab, Jim did quite well – recording and touring internationally with the Ray Charles Orchestra. This post was followed by a six-year tenure with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and prestigious chairs with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Charles Earland Quintet, Toshiko Akiyoshi and others. Rotondi shares a front line with saxophonist Eric Alexander and trombonist Steve Davis in the group One For All. Based in NYC, Jim Rotondi has several acclaimed CDs under his own name and is one of jazz's most sought after trumpet players on stage and in the studio.