Nunzio Rotondo
Illustration — Rotondo in 1958 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.
Nunzio Rotondo
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- 1924 · Rome.
- Died
- 2009 · Rome.
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- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
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- jazz
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- Italian
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Born at Rome in 1924, died in Rome in 2009.
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Cover of vinyl "Romano Mussolini Con Nunzio Rotondo E Lilian Terry" (1958)
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