Jim Konstanty
Pitcher
Born: (1917-03-02)March 2, 1917 Strykersville, New York
Died: June 11, 1976(1976-06-11) (aged 59) Oneonta, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 18, 1944 for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
September 19, 1956 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Win–Loss record	66–48
Earned run average	3.46
Saves	74
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1944) Boston Braves (1946) Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1954) New York Yankees (1954–1956) St. Louis Cardinals (1956)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1950) 1950 NL MVP 1950 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

Casimir James "Jim" Konstanty (March 2, 1917 – June 11, 1976) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and National League Most Valuable Player of 1950. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1944), Boston Braves (1946), Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1954), New York Yankees (1954–1956) and St. Louis Cardinals (1956). Konstanty batted and threw right-handed.

Early life[link]

Konstanty started as a physical education teacher in St. Regis Falls, NY. The son of a farmer, Konstanty starred in sports in high school and also at Syracuse University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree. Jim was a member of the university basketball team from 1936-39.

Career[link]

Konstanty pitched briefly with the Cincinnati Reds in 1944 and Boston Braves in 1946, and spent three seasons in the minors until 1948, when the Phillies called him up. He became a relief specialist who employed a slider and a change-up with great effectiveness.

In 1950, when the Phils "Whiz Kids" won the National League pennant, Konstanty was named the Most Valuable Player; to date, he is the only National League relief pitcher to achieve such an honor. He appeared in 74 games (then a major league record), winning 16 games with a National League leading 22 saves. He made the NL All-Star team and received the AP Athlete of the Year and the TSN Pitcher of the Year awards. In a surprise move, he was named to start Game One of the 1950 World Series against the New York Yankees.^[1] Konstanty gave up only four hits in eight innings but lost 1-0, his efforts outdone by Vic Raschi's two-hit shutout.

Konstanty lost some of his effectiveness after his spectacular 1950 season and was sent to the Yankees in the 1954 midseason. He played two seasons in New York, half a season for the St. Louis Cardinals, and a few games for the San Francisco Seals before retiring in 1957. In an 11-season career, Konstanty posted a 66-48 record with 74 saves and a 3.46 ERA in 433 games.

Post-Career[link]

Konstanty's 1951 Bowman Gum baseball card

Konstanty was the athletic director at Hartwick College from 1967 to 1972. He died in Oneonta, New York at age 59.

See also[link]

• List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders
• List of Major League Baseball saves champions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Casmir James "Jim" Konstanty at Find a Grave

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Konstanty Gebert, Warsaw (Poland), October 11, 2005

Konstanty Gebert (pseudonym Dawid Warszawski; born 1953) is a Polish journalist^[1] and a Jewish activist, as well as one of the most notable war correspondents of various Polish daily newspapers and son of Bolesław Gebert.

In 1978 he was one of the main organisers of the so-called Flying University, a secret institution of higher education educating people on various topics forbidden by the communist government of Poland. In 1980 he joined the Solidarity movement and became one of the members of the "Solidarity of Education and Technics Workers" union.

In 1989 he was one of the accredited journalists present at the Polish Round Table talks. From 1990 he has worked as a member of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews. Since 1992 he works in Gazeta Wyborcza, one of the biggest and most notable Polish daily newspapers. As a journalist of that newspaper he served as a war correspondent during the War in Yugoslavia. In 1992 and 1993 he also served as an advisor to Tadeusz Mazowiecki, then Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and its representative in former Yugoslavia.

Since 1997 he has also acted as a head person of the Midrasz Polish-Jewish monthly.

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Konstanty Gebert

James Robert Rotondi (b. 28 August 1962) is an American jazz trumpeter, educator and conductor.^[1]

Born in Butte, Montana and the youngest of 5 siblings, Rotondi lives in Graz, Austria and performs there and internationally with several groups, as well as being a Professor at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts (Graz). Prior to this Jim established himself on the New York City jazz scene for more than 20 years. As of Summer 2010, Jim has released 13 CDs as a leader (on Criss Cross, Sharp Nine, and most recently Posi-Tone), as well as over 80 CDs to his credit as a sideman.

In 1984, while attending North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) Jim was awarded first place in the International Trumpet Guild's jazz trumpet competition. Since moving to New York in 1987 he has performed and recorded with a wide variety of artists including Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Lou Donaldson, Curtis Fuller and George Coleman.

Jim leads two groups of his own, one quintet which features vibraphonist Joe Locke, and one electric band with David Hazeltine called Full House, which utilizes electronic sound on his trumpet and a variety of other electronic instruments. The trumpeter is also a member of the hard bop collective One for All.

References[link]

General references

• Jim Rotondi at allmusic.com
• Jim Rotondi at allaboutjazz.com
• Article on Jim Rotondi in JazzTimes

Inline citations

External links[link]

• jimrotondi.com
• Jim Rotondi at Allmusic

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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
Background information
Birth name	Robert Leo Hackett
Born	(1915-01-13)January 13, 1915
Origin	Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died	June 7, 1976(1976-06-07) (aged 61) Chatham, Massachusetts USA
Genres	Big band Swing Jazz
Occupations	Bandleader, Sideman
Instruments	Trumpet Cornet Guitar
Years active	1920's–1976
Labels	Storyville, Project 3 records, ADD, Classics, Segal Enterprices, DBK Jazz, Bluebird
Associated acts	Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Tony Bennett, Benny Goodman, Ray McKinley, Jackie Gleason, Pee Wee Russell, Lee Wiley, Horace Heidt

Ernie Caceres, Bobby Hackett, Freddie Ohms, and George Wettling, Nick's, NYC, 1940s.
Photography by William P. Gottlieb.

Robert Leo "Bobby" Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an US jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late thirties and early forties.

Biography[link]

Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He made his name as a follower of the legendary cornet player Bix Beiderbecke: Benny Goodman hired him to recreate Bix's famous "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.^[1] In the late 1930s Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra which backed the Andrews Sisters. Bobby Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1940 Fred Astaire movie Second Chorus.^[2] In 1939 the talent agency MCA asked Bobby Hackett to form a big band with their backing. Unfortunately the band failed and Hackett was in substantial debt to MCA after it folded. Bobby Hackett joined the bands of Horace Heidt and then Glenn Miller to pay down this debt.^[3] To make matters worse, his lip was in bad shape after dental surgery, making it difficult for him to play the trumpet or cornet. Glenn Miller came to Hackett's rescue, offering him a job as a guitarist with the Miller Band. "When I joined the band and I was making good money at last, [...] [jazz critics] accused me of selling out. Hell I wasn't selling out, I was selling in! It's funny, isn't it, how you go right into the wastebasket with some critics the minute you become successful".^[4] Despite his lip problems, Hackett could still play occasional short solos, and he can be heard playing a famous one with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on "A String of Pearls."^[5] A dream come true for Hackett was his inclusion in Louis Armstrong's 1947 Town Hall Jazz Concert.^[6] During the 1950s, he made a series of albums of ballads with a full string orchestra, produced by Jackie Gleason, exhibiting a dreamy, vibrato-free sound.^[7]

In 1954, Hackett appeared as a regular on the short-lived ABC variety show, The Martha Wright Show, also known as The Packard Showroom.^[8] In 1965, he toured with singer Tony Bennett. In 1966 and 1967 Hackett accompanied Bennett on two European tours.^[9] In the early 1970s, Hackett performed separately with Dizzy Gillespie and Teresa Brewer.^[10]

Personal Life[link]

Sometime in the 1930s, Bobby Hackett married Edna Hackett. He had two children with her, Barbra Hackett(†) and Ernie Hackett.

Partial Discography[link]

As leader:

• Giants (Perception, 1971) - with Dizzy Gillespie and Mary Lou Williams
• Thanks Bobby, Bobby Hackett Quartet, Dobre Records

As sideman:

• With Glenn Miller
• A String of Pearls1941, Bluebird records.
• Rhapsody In Blue 1942, Victor records.
• With Frank Sinatra
• I've Got A Crush On You 1947, Columbia Records http://216.69.142.236/IveGotACrushOnYou.rm
• Body and Soul 1947, Columbia Records http://216.69.142.236/BodyAndSoul.rm

With George Wein

• Wein, Women and Song and More, George Wein Plays and Sings (Arbors Records)

With Tony Bennett

• The Very Thought of You 1965, Columbia Records http://216.69.142.236/TheVeryThoughtOfYou.rm
• A Time for Love (1966)

Rendezvous Glenn Osser Orchestra

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bobby Hackett at Solid!
• "Bobby Hackett: Accomplished musician with a beautiful sound". http://www.libertyhall.com/bobby.html. Retrieved 2006-04-12. 
• audio Bobby Hackett, His Life and Music, retrieved 2008-10-18
• "Bobby Hackett:1915-1976". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352446/. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 

Jens Lindemann at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival 2006

Jens Lindemann (born 1966) is a Canadian trumpet soloist now based in Los Angeles. As a trumpet player in the Canadian Brass from 1996 to 2001 he played at major concert venues all over the world. He continues to play internationally as an orchestral soloist, with chamber groups and jazz bands, and also as a recitalist and masterclinician.

Lindemann is currently a professor with high distinction at UCLA and was a Distinguished Visiting Artist at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. He has also taught at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta.

Named "Personality of the Year 2006" by the British magazine The Brass Herald, Lindemann also hosted the 33rd International Trumpet Guild conference at the Banff Centre in June 2008. He has given numerous world premières with orchestras including the North American première of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's concerto Nobody Knows with the Toronto Symphony.

Lindemann studied at the Juilliard School of Music, McGill University and received an honorary doctorate from McMaster University. Among numerous distinctions, he has been named as a nominee for a Grammy award, Juno Award and received the Echo Klassik Award. He has also given a Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. Jens Lindemann was also the first prize winner of two major international solo contests in 1992, the Prague Spring Festival competition and the Ellsworth Smith (Florida), both by unanimous juries.

Discography[link]

With Canadian Brass:

• Canadian Brass Plays Bernstein (1996)
• Canadian Brass Christmas Experiment (1997)
• Canadian Brass All You Need is Love (1998)
• Canadian Brass A Christmas Gloria (1999)
• Canadian Brass Take the "A" Train (1999)
• Canadian Brass Celebration (1999)
• Canadian Brass Bach - Goldberg Variations (2001)

Solo:

• Flying Solo (2003)
• Rising Sun (2005)
• The Classic Trumpet (2008)
• All Star Brass Live 2009
• All Star Brass Live 2010
• All Star Brass Live 2011
• Pines of Rome with Italian Wonderbrass (2011)
• Dreaming of the Masters (2011)

External links[link]

• Official Jens Lindemann Site
• Jens Lindemann UCLA Faculty Page