What is Lennie Niehaus?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Leonard Niehaus | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|11}} | birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|28|1929|6|11}} | death_place = [[Redlands, California]] | origin = | instrument = [[Alto saxophone]] | genre = [[Jazz]], [[West Coast jazz]], [[film music]] | occupation = Composer, arranger, [[orchestrator]] | years_active = | label = [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]] | associated_acts = [[Stan Kenton]], [[Bill Perkins (saxophonist)|Bill Perkins]], [[Shelly Manne]], [[Jerry Fielding]], [[Clint Eastwood]] | website = }} '''Leonard Niehaus''' (June 11, 1929 &ndash; May 28, 2020) was an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He played with the [[Stan Kenton]] [[big band]], [[Ray Vasquez]] Trombonist and Vocalist, [[Phil Carreon]] Orchestra, and other [[jazz]] bands. He was a movie score composer and worked many times with [[Clint Eastwood]]. Niehaus died on May 28, 2020 under [[hospice care]] in [[Redlands, California]] from [[heart disease]] at the age of 90.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lennie-niehaus-dead-alto-saxophonist-frequent-clint-eastwood-collaborator-was-90-1296668 Lennie Niehaus, Alto Saxophonist and Frequent Clint Eastwood Collaborator, Dies at 90]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Niehaus, Lennie}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American saxophonists]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:Musicians from St. Louis, Missouri]] {{US-bio-stub}}