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  • Tony Romandini
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  • Tony (Giuseppe Alexander Antonio) Romandini (27 July 1928) is a Canadian jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and teacher. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Italian immigrants. He started playing guitar at the age of 8, and by 20 years old he was working at the CBC as a session guitarist. In the 1950s he would play heavily in the Montreal Jazz circuit with other well-known musicians including pianists Roland Lavallée and Maury Kaye. He played a 1949 Epiphone Emperor.
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Birth Date
  • 1928-07-27
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  • Romandini, Tony
  • Tony Romandini
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Years Active
  • 1945
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  • non_vocal_instrumentalist
Date of Birth
  • 1928-07-27
Birth name
  • Giuseppe Alexander Antonio Romandini
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  • Tony (Giuseppe Alexander Antonio) Romandini (27 July 1928) is a Canadian jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and teacher. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Italian immigrants. He started playing guitar at the age of 8, and by 20 years old he was working at the CBC as a session guitarist. In the 1950s he would play heavily in the Montreal Jazz circuit with other well-known musicians including pianists Roland Lavallée and Maury Kaye. Tony went on to become a first-call jazz session player, playing with jazz legends including Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and many others. Later in his career, Romandini performed in Manuel de Falla's La Vida Breve with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, before finally settling down into teaching at Concordia University (1974–77) and later McGill University (1979–2000). He continues to give guitar lessons at Vanier College in Montreal. He played a 1949 Epiphone Emperor.