Norman Amadio

Albert Norman Benedict "Norm" Amadio (April 14, 1928 – January 21, 2020) was a Canadian jazz pianist, piano teacher, music coach, composer, arranger, session player,"Lights shine brighter at the Diamond". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Val Clery December 4, 1986 Page: E.8 band leader and accompanist. 

For a span of fifty years he worked for the CBC as an orchestra leader and musical director. In 1956, he became the first and only Canadian to play at the original Birdland in New York City and while playing opposite Duke Ellington.

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