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Lennie Niehaus

American saxophonist and score composer

St. Louis, United States · 1929 – 2020

Lennie Niehaus is a musician from St. Louis, United States, active 1929–2020. Their discography on Gatefold includes 1 record.

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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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