Jimmy Amadie
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Jimmy Amadie is a jazz musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a music educator, and was known for his bebop style of piano-playing. He has worked with such luminaries as Coleman Hawkins, Mel Tormé, Woody Herman. Amadie is a legend among jazz insiders because, for much of his career, his severe tendinitis has limited his playing ability to a few minutes per month, but his passion for jazz history and theory has energized his teaching, and inspired many others.[citation needed]
[edit] Books
Amadie wrote two books on jazz theory:
- Amadie, Jimmy (January 1981). Harmonic Foundation for Jazz and Popular Music. Thornton Publishing. ISBN 0961303506.
- Amadie, Jimmy (January, 1991). Jazz Improv: How to Play It and Teach It. Thornton Publishing. ISBN 0961303514.
