Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) Announced by his wife Julie on Facebook: “Dear all, this is with immense sadness that I have to tell you all that Jim passed away last night. He was the love of my life and his music the love of many of you. Please send light his way, his wife Julie.” He was only 61. I have seen Jim play live probably more than any other trumpeter. He was a good guy to chat with too. I'm going to miss seeing & hearing him up on that stage. Edited July 9 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Stunning and very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 This is such terrible news. 61 is way too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Excellent player. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 R.I.P .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 This is a shock. I just posted one of his most recent recordings earlier today prior to learning of his death. I have long enjoyed his playing and have a large number of his albums. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 RIP, so sorry to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 RIP, that's beyond sad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Very, very sad. Sending much love. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Very sad news. I’m the same age. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 This is so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Sad news, indeed. 61 is far too young! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhatta Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Somehow missing from his Wikipedia entry, but I loved his Blues For Brother Ray. Very nice tribute to Ray Charles. Died too young. RIP. https://jimrotondi.bandcamp.com/album/blues-for-brother-ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 Very sad indeed. His recent release on CellarLive, "Finesse" is very good indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 (edited) 19 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said: Announced by his wife Julie on Facebook: Dear all, this is with immense sadness that I have to tell you all that Jim passed away last night. He was the love of my life and his music the love of many of you. Please send light his way, his wife Julie He was only 61. I have seen Jim play live probably more than any other trumpeter. He was a good guy to chat with too. I'm going to miss seeing & hearing him up on that stage. Almost the entire post was used for the announcement on this page: https://londonjazznews.com/2024/07/09/rip-jim-rotondi-1962-2024/ its still up the same way even after I commented, and they published, to point out that the second paragraph was a comment on the announcement by Rotondi's wife. Edited July 9 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 24 minutes ago, Dan Gould said: Almost the entire post was used for the announcement on this page: https://londonjazznews.com/2024/07/09/rip-jim-rotondi-1962-2024/ its still up the same way even after I commented, and they published, to point out that the second paragraph was a comment on the announcement by Rotondi's wife. Yeah, I had to read the original a few times myself - then I realized there were no quotation marks, so I can see how they might've been confused as well ... but, yes, they should edit their announcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 9 Report Share Posted July 9 In the context of coming from his wife, its an odd statement about how he was a good guy to chat with between sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 9 Author Report Share Posted July 9 3 hours ago, Dan Gould said: Almost the entire post was used for the announcement on this page: https://londonjazznews.com/2024/07/09/rip-jim-rotondi-1962-2024/ its still up the same way even after I commented, and they published, to point out that the second paragraph was a comment on the announcement by Rotondi's wife. I am on vacation down in Delaware so I posted this from my cell phone and missed that I didn’t use quotes. I edited this to reflect Julie’s Facebook post. I never thought anyone would quote my post that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 20 hours ago, Dan Gould said: In the context of coming from his wife, its an odd statement about how he was a good guy to chat with between sets. I believe his wife is French and a non-native English speaker so this may have something to do with what sounds like odd sentiment and syntax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 I thought that part was Kevin's words - as posted in the initial post in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 15 minutes ago, Mark Stryker said: I believe his wife is French and a non-native English speaker so this may have something to do with what sounds like odd sentiment and syntax. The second sentence was Kevin's comment on the news. Not from his wife though that blog I linked to took it as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 Very sad news. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 10 Report Share Posted July 10 Too bad. Too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 13 Author Report Share Posted July 13 This is Jim’s wife posting on his Facebook page.., >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear all, I can not begin to express how touched and overwhelmed I have been by the love, energy and prayers you sent my way and all of the Rotondi family and close friends. We are all absolutely devastated and broken-hearted. I have been unable to reply to the hundreds of posts, pictures and messages you sent but rest assured I am and will be reading each and every one of them. They sure help me go through this awful and atrocely unexpected turmoil. Many of you are wondering how Jim passed and I feel I do owe the truth to his friends and fans. Jim collapsed in my arms in our home in France on Sunday early in the evening. He had a massive heart attack and eventually died at the hospital a few hours later. He was never alone and surrounded by love and incredibly competent and benevolent doctors. We started our life together as people do in movies : Jim was a traveling musician with an already well-established international career as a jazz soloist, I was a woman in my 20s born and bred in Central France fresh off college listening to rock and roll. We had nothing in common but it was love at first sight and we could never leave each other’s side. I just knew he was a precious soul from the first minute I met him. We surfed through the ocean of life together for 22 years, went through wonderful moments as well as hard losses but we were strong together and that’s all that mattered. And just like in movies, we ended our life together on this earth saying “I love you ” in an ambulance… Jim offered me an extraordinary life, a life like they show only in movies…full of surprises, travels, I grew up with him, he introduced me to a wonderful world, filled with people and musicians extraordinaires. I owe him absolutely everything. He supported me in each and everything. He was a driving force, a tremendously hard-working musician, a mentor to many, a faithful friend, a stunning composer, a wonderful husband. I never heard him say anything negative about anyone, he always focused on the positive, he was such a classy person with a sharp sense of humor. I could go on and on and on… The only thing I will not forgive him about is that he left us way too soon and left this incredible void. Jim’s heart failed him and he left me, and many of you, with a broken heart. Thank you all for your love and support, they mean the world to me, Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 Thanks for sharing that Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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