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Jazz pianist Jimmy Amadie's website features reviews, sound bites, teaching activities, biography, books and records for sale, etc ...
For more than thirty years, Jimmy Amadie has been recognized as one of the premiere jazz educators in the world. But before he dedicated his life to teaching, the 67-year-old Philadelphian was known primarily as a full-speed ahead bebop pianist and sideman to greats like Mel Torme, Woody Herman and Coleman Hawkins.
In the 1960s, Amadie was diagnosed with acute tendonitis, and eventually he was forced to abandon playing the piano entirely. New medical treatments and a series of operations allowed Amadie to return to the ivories around ten years ago, although he could only play once a month, and just a few minutes or so, before unbearable pain would cause him to stop.
Eternally optimistic, Amadie decided in the mid-1990s to record some of his favorite standards plus a few of his original compositions, which he accomplished at a rate of one song-and one take-at a time, with a period of months elapsing before he would be physically able to play again. Amazingly, Amadie's first-ever album, a collection of solo piano performances titled Always with Me, appeared in 1996, earning him accolades for both his sterling musicianship and indefatigable spirit. Reviewers noted Amadie's "elegant touch" and his "strong, swinging expression," and before long he was being featured in the top jazz magazines and on CBS's popular TV program "Sunday Morning with Billy Taylor" and National Public Radio with commentator Scott Simon ...
For more than thirty years, Jimmy Amadie has been recognized as one of the premiere jazz educators in the world. But before he dedicated his life to teaching, the 67-year-old Philadelphian was known primarily as a full-speed ahead bebop pianist and sideman to greats like Mel Torme, Woody Herman and Coleman Hawkins.
In the 1960s, Amadie was diagnosed with acute tendonitis, and eventually he was forced to abandon playing the piano entirely. New medical treatments and a series of operations allowed Amadie to return to the ivories around ten years ago, although he could only play once a month, and just a few minutes or so, before unbearable pain would cause him to stop.
Eternally optimistic, Amadie decided in the mid-1990s to record some of his favorite standards plus a few of his original compositions, which he accomplished at a rate of one song-and one take-at a time, with a period of months elapsing before he would be physically able to play again. Amazingly, Amadie's first-ever album, a collection of solo piano performances titled Always with Me, appeared in 1996, earning him accolades for both his sterling musicianship and indefatigable spirit. Reviewers noted Amadie's "elegant touch" and his "strong, swinging expression," and before long he was being featured in the top jazz magazines and on CBS's popular TV program "Sunday Morning with Billy Taylor" and National Public Radio with commentator Scott Simon ...
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