Harmonic Foundation for Jazz and Popular Music
Jimmy Amadie is recognized world-wide as a jazz musician, educator, teacher and author. His texts: Harmonic Foundation for Jazz and Popular Music, and Jazz Improv: How to Play It and Teach It, are used in more than 35 countries including Australia and Japan with information on the texts published in English, Italian, German, French and Japanese. Mr. Amadie has been pianist/composer in Woody Herman's Big Band, Mel Torme's personal accompanist, co-author of compositions with Steve Allen and composer/conductor for the National Football Film scores. Mr. Amadie records for TP Recordings and his CD's are currently available: Always With Me - Solo Jazz Piano; Savoring Every Note - Solo Jazz Piano; In a Trio Setting - Jimmy Amadie Trio; Let's Groove! - Jimmy Amadie Trio special with special guest Phil Woods; A Tribute to Tony Bennett - Jimmy Amadie Trio with special guest Phil Woods; The Philadelphia Story - Jimmy Amadie Trio with special guests Benny Golson, Randy Brecker and Lew Tabackin; and his new CD, Kindred Spirits - Jimmy Amadie Trio with special guests Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano and Lew Tabackin.    In addition to teaching privately, he has taught at Berklee College of Music in Boston and is currently teaching at Villanova University for their summer programs.