Jim Tudini has had a career in music spanning over 40 years and very diversified while playing baritone sax, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet and flute. A graduate of Lafayette High School, Jim honed his craft playing in the high school
big band, jazz emsemble, choir and taking private lessons from John Sedola. While in high school he began forming and playing with various rock and jazz bands including
the Buffalo State College Big Band. When Jim graduated from Lafayette High School he went on to attend Canisus College and graduated with a bachelors degree in music. During his tenure at Canisus he formed a show group and began a very successful run playing throughout the region
in many of Buffalo's most popular venues. About 25 years ago he began contracting musicians for the shows at, the then famous, Melody Fair theater in the round. During this time Jim prided himself in being able to put together the finest musicians available to back up the shows. He also began contracting and playing with for The Buffalo Brass, along with many other independent shows in the Buffalo area. For the last 10 years Jim has been teaching music and Director of Fine Arts at Canisus High School where he has developed the music program into one of the finest in this area.
  Throughout his career Jim has developed many clients both corporate and personal that have relyed on him to provide them with the highest quality of entertainment for their events. To that end, Jim believed the concept of the traditional Big Band had was not keeping up with the changing times and musical styles. So Jim decided to put take his present Big Band and develope it into a band that truly represented the music that he grew up with and
liked so much. Why not be able to dance to the great big band standards and the great pop and rock horn band tunes? Now the Jim Tudini Band does exactly that. Fun from beginning to end with music spanning 40 years and featuring Buffalos finest players and vocalists.