Joe Maini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joe Maini

American musician

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 07-May-1964

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Joe Maini

  • Joe Maini (February 8, 1930, Providence, Rhode Island - May 7, 1964, Los Angeles) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Early in his career Maini played in the big bands of Alvino Rey, Johnny Bothwell, and Claude Thornhill (1951).
  • In the early 1950s he moved to Los Angeles, where he found work as a session musician and continued working in big bands, usually holding the lead alto chair.
  • Some of the leaders he worked with were Terry Gibbs, Onzy Matthews, Gerald Wilson, Bill Holman, Louis Bellson, Dan Terry, and Shelly Manne.
  • He recorded in small group settings with Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954), Zoot Sims (1956), Jack Sheldon, Conte Candoli, Red Mitchell, Lin Halliday, Kenny Drew, and Jimmy Knepper.
  • He also worked with his close friend, comedian Lenny Bruce. Maini died at age 34 in Los Angeles.
  • Historians and reference works usually state that Maini died playing Russian roulette, though his family and several witnesses contend that the death was the result of a firearms accident.Forty-four years after Maini's death, Lone Hill Jazz issued a four-CD set with many of his small group recordings.

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