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Jimmy Amadie BegSLn studying piano at the age of twelve vfith a concert pianist for eight years and later studied Harmony and Theory. V hen he vras twenty he was deeply influenced by Jazz and he started playing sessions around town. At the sane tiie he also was playing musical shows. Upon gaining suf- ficient experience, his reputation as a Jazz pianist, vocal accompanist and all-around ausician made hiii much sought after, in musical circles, in these capacities. At twenty-two he left to go on a Jazz concert tour with the famed V oody rlerman Orchestra and tOLired the country in 19 9 ' hen he returned in 19 0, he went to New York where his trio played many engagements including the Oopacabana, The Living Room, etc. Ho returned to Phlla«ielphia later in I960 to study with the well-known composer, I ' r. Joseph Oastaldo of our own Philadelphia Musical Academy. In 1961 he started being a regular feature at the well-known Jazz Room in the East, The Red Kill Inn. Ke recently opened up a new Jazz Room in Philadelphia, The Picasso, where he was featured. He also was mentioned in four recent issues of Down Beat I- ' .agazine. He accompanies Kel Torme at the Red Hill with his trio. Currently, while studying here at P.M. A., he is teaching and also doing background recording dates. His music, both originals and arrange- ments, are often played on the Jaz ' - radio station ' VHAT (Fl- ' .). ' hen Jazz artists of national stature appear in Philadelphia, they insist on Jimmy Amadie, whether the artist be a singer of instrumentalist. Jim- my Amadie is considered by musicians as one of the finest all around Jazz pianists in Philadelphia. To quote FRAIIK 3R00KH0USSR. .. Amadie quietly continues to build his recutation as one of the best in tha country. J A Z Z
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c L A S s I c s Andre Watts Born in Nuramburg jennany, June 20, 19 6 is a muBical genious at sixteen. Music critics believe that Andre ' .Vatts will develop into one of the great American pianists of the century. .Ve at the Academy can truly accept this opinion. Andre has had quite a busy year so far. In January he played the Liszt E Flat Major Piano Concerto with the New York Fhilharrronic at the Youth Concert and later recorded this work for Columbia Records. It is interesting to note that in April of this year, The Exciting Debut of Andre Watts occupied fifth place in the periodic sui ey of Best Selling Classical Albums (Billboard Music Week Magazine). The record is still a top seller across the nation. A few weeks after the Youth Concert, Conductor Leonard Bernstein called upon Andre to substitute for Glenn Gould, scheduled to appear as piano soloist with the Philharmonic. For a few moments the audience was aghast at the change in program, but after the first few notes of the Liszt Concerto, they were astounded at Andre ' s virtuosity. Needless to say, Philadelphia loves him; the city proved this in March when Andre gave a recital in the Yen Pelt Auditorium. The recital was scheduled to begin at 5 sJO, but by 2P.M. the place was overflowing with people. The Auditorium guards had to open the sound studios after the five-hundred seat auditorium was filled. On May ' th, Andre made a video tape with Eugene Ormandy and the Phila- delphia Orchestra. In this performajioe he played the first movement of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. The program will be televised in late summer. Andre will be performing this summer in cities from Buffalo to Hollywood. Doubtless, the nation will follow with us the rise of Andre ' s stardome in the musical firmament.
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