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Lennie Niehaus

real name Leonard Niehaus

American saxophonist and score composer

St. Louis, United States · 1929-06-01 – 2020-05-28

Lennie Niehaus is credited on 735 releases across 161 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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735

Credits

161

Albums

8

Decades active

119

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American alto saxophonist on the West Coast jazz scene, arranger and composer for motion pictures.
Born June 11, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, US.
Died. May 28, 2020 in Redlands, California, US.
The son of a Russian immigrant, a violinist who moved the family to Los Angeles to work in the new talkies, Niehaus performed with the Stan Kenton big band, and other jazz groups in California. A longtime composer for Clint Eastwood's motion pictures, including "Bird" (1988), he first met Eastwood in basic Army training in 1952 at Fort Ord, CA after being drafted.

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735 releases · 161 albums · active 1954–2024

  • Performance · 1,281
  • Other credits · 190
  • Production · 21

Studios: Rendezvous Ballroom · Universal Recording Studio · Contemporary's Studio · Capitol Studios

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