Thom Rotella - Side Hustle (2024) [Hi-Res]

From the moment he picks up his guitar, Thom Rotella's passion for music is palpable. Every phrase is crafted with intuitive care and precision that reflect a total commitment to his art. Each performance is an intimate journey into the expressive potential of jazz, where every chord tells a story and every solo speaks directly to the listener. Beyond his solo work, Rotella's collaborations with legendary artists and contributions to various projects cover an extraordinarily wide spectrum of music and entertainment heavy-hitters including Stanley Turrentine, Tommy Tedesco, Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler and countless others. His compositions and his playing havebeen featured in high-profile television and film projects such as Family Guy, Ellen DeGeneres, Sex and the City, Criminal Minds and Altos (2015), underscoring his ability to craft memorable and communicative music. Thom Rotella continues to inspire and innovate, as evidenced on his HighNote Records debut recording, Side Hustle. With the remarkable organist Bobby Floyd and the propulsivedrumming of Roy McCurdy, Rotella swings, smolders and sizzles through a set of imaginative original tunes andstandards, with HighNote regulars Eric Alexander and Jeremy Pelt on hand to welcome him to the label.

Thom Rotella: guitars
Bobby Floyd: organ; Gregg Karukas: organ (track 12 only)
Roy McCurdy: drums; Kendall Kaye: drums (track 12 only)
Lenny Castro: percussion
With special guests
Eric Alexander: tenor saxophone (tracks 4 & 6)
Jeremy Pelt: trumpet (tracks 8 & 12)