Jimmy Amadie
Jazz musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Intro | Jazz musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | Musician Pianist Music educator Jazz musician Educator | |
Work field | Academia Music | |
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Genres: | Jazz | |
Instruments: | Piano | |
Birth | 5 January 1937 | |
Death | 10 December 2013 (aged 76 years) | |
Star sign | Capricorn |
Jimmy Amadie (January 5, 1937 – December 10, 2013) was a jazz pianist and educator from Philadelphia. He worked with Woody Herman and Mel Tormé. In 1960, his career as a musician was hindered by tendinitis. Surgery in the 1990s allowed him to return to the piano. In 1995 he released his first solo album, Always with Me. He died of lung cancer on December 10, 2013 at the age of 76.