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André Penazzi
André Penazzi Filho is a native of Rio Claro. When he was scarcely out of his teens,
André settled in São Paulo where he made the rounds of night clubs as a pianist.
After being heard extensively in numerous night spots, be became a staff pianist with Radio
Bandeirantes.This was followed by a move to Radio Tupi in São Paulo, where he again
served as a staff pianist for several years. After leaving Radio Tupi, Penazzi returned to the
night club circuit, filling engagements in São Paulo supper clubs, and gradually
acquiring an international reputation as a virtuoso in internationa popular music.
Penazzi's fame was enough to fill any night spot then. This was proved by the huge crowds of enthusiastic patrons who filled the roof of A Gazete in São Paulo for three consecutive years - from 1942 to 1945 - to hear him. After 1945, Penazzi was called to Rio de Janeiro. He returned to São Paulo two years later to open the Oasis Night Club, and another two years later, he returned to the A Gazete roof, where he began his career as an organist. In 1950, Penazzi was selected to open another night club, the Arpege in São Paulo. The next year, he made a few recordings, and made numerous appearances on television in the role of both organist and pianist. Since 1960, he has devided his time among musical revues, radio and TV appearances. from the cover text of the LP "Organ Jazz Samba Percussion" |
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