Lennie Niehaus, the West Coast alto saxophonist, arranger and composer who played with Stan Keaton's band and collaborated with Clint Eastwood on more than two dozen films, has died at 90
The son of a violinist who played in an orchestra that accompanied silent movies, Niehaus was born in St. Louis on June 11, 1929.
"I liked Harry James, and when I heard tenor saxophonist Corky Corcoran play 'The Mole' in 1942, I wanted to play the tenor saxophone," hein a 2009 interview. "My father was in shock. He said, 'The saxophone! You play either the piano or violin, not the saxophone. You'll wind up playing in a house of prostitution.' Actually, he was right. I did play in small funky clubs later.
Niehaus studied music at Los Angeles City College and earned his degree in music education from Cal State Los Angeles in 1951. He played alto saxophone and arranged for Phil Carreón and his orchestra, then went on the road with Kenton for six months before being drafted into the Army. After his discharge in 1954, Niehaus played in Kenton's band through 1959, leaving to compose music in Hollywood and arrange music for The King Sisters, Mel Tormé, Dean Martin and Carol Burnett. In 1965, he worked as an uncredited orchestrator on the TV comedy Niehaus began orchestrating for film composer Jerry Fielding, and they collaborated on features including
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