Nunzio Rotondo (11 December 1924 – 15 September 2009) was an Italian jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born in Palestrina.
Rotondo began on piano in his youth before taking up trumpet, and had already played with Louis Armstrong on that instrument by the end of the 1940s. Early in the 1950s he played with Flavio Ambrosetti, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Zoot Sims, and Toots Thielemans, and also led his own ensembles which included, among others, Gil Cuppini, Roberto Nicolosi, and Romano Mussolini. In the 1960s, Rotondo did little live performing, but played frequently on radio broadcasts with Gato Barbieri, Franco D'Andrea, Pierre Favre, and Mal Waldron. He continued working with D'Andrea through the early 1970s. He was less active in the 1980s and 1990s.
Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist who is among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and different eras in the history of jazz.
Romano Mussolini was an Italian jazz pianist, painter and film producer. He was the fourth and youngest son of Benito Mussolini, who was the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 until 1943.
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Wallace Roney was an American jazz trumpeter.
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Harold "Shorty" Baker was a jazz trumpeter.
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This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1924.
Gilberto "Gil" Cuppini was an Italian jazz drummer and bandleader.
Rotondo is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: