{"product_id":"over-here","title":"Over Here","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy titling his eighth Criss Cross album \u003cem\u003eOver Here!\u003c\/em\u003e, trumpeter \u003cstrong\u003eJim Rotondi\u003c\/strong\u003e picks up on the sentiments he signified with \u003cem\u003eThe Move\u003c\/em\u003e, his seventh for the label. \"It doesn't necessarily mean moving somewhere else, but rather returning home, playing tunes with a lot of straight-ahead swing and interesting chord sequences with guys I'm comfortable with,\" Rotondi stated in the liner notes he wrote for that kinetic 2009 recital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's an effective description of what transpires on Rotondi's latest swinging affair. But although he wasn't misdirecting, he wasn't telling the whole story. As it turned out, \u003cem\u003eThe Move\u003c\/em\u003e indeed foreshadowed Rotondi's decision in 2010 to leave New York for Austria for a position as Professor of Trumpet at the University of Graz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs indicated by the current title (which references George M. Cohan's 1917 flag-waver \"Over There\" and Rotondi's father's service in Europe during World War 2), Rotondi is ensconced on the Continent thirteen years later, augmenting pedagogical responsibilities with several trips a year to New York and other U.S. waystations, and also touring the jazz clubs of central Europe, Italy, France, Spain and the U.K.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, \u003cem\u003eOver Here!\u003c\/em\u003e stems from a ten-day sojourn by a band of four New York-trained masters that opened with a jazz cellar gig in the Viennese suburb Bruck an der Leitha, proceeded to Neuberg, Germany, doubled back to Vienna's prestigious Porgy and Bess club, continued with a drive to tenor saxophone maestro Piero Odorici's club in Bologna, and then transitioned to Udine for the recording session. The Album was recorded May 10, 2023 at the Artesuono Recording Studio in Udine (Italy). Recording engineer Mike Marciano did the editing, mixing and mastering at Systems Two in NY. Photography by Mauro Cionci.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Criss Cross","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50435118924107,"sku":"2053381","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8712474141722_c4a1021b_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726899990","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/over-here","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}