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Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929–2020)
Musical artist
Leonard Niehaus (June 1, 1929 – May 28, 2020)[1] was an American alto saxophonist, composer and arranger on the West Coast jazz scene.
He played with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and served as one of Kenton's primary staff arrangers.[2] He also played with Ray Vasquez and trombonist and Vocalist, Phil Carreon and other jazz bands on the U.S.
West Coast. Niehaus had a close association as composer and arranger on motion pictures produced by Clint Eastwood.[3][4][5][2]
Life and career
Education and active years as a musician
Niehaus was born in St.
Louis, Missouri on June 1, 1929 to Aaron "Père"and Clariss (Weissman) Niehaus.
Jazz Improvisation For Saxophone is the name of book written by Lennie Niehaus.
His mother was a homemaker. His father, a Russian immigrant, was a violinist who played in an orchestra that accompanied silent films in theaters. In the mid-1930s, after talking pictures had taken hold, he moved the f
