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Joe (Giuseppe) Maini Jr. February 8, 1930-May 7, 1964 A talented bop alto soloist, Joe Maini was a colorful character whose erratic personal life and senseless early death prevented him from fulfilling his potential. Early on Maini toured with the big bands of Alvino Rey and Johnny Bothwell, and he was briefly with Claude Thornhill in 1951. Moving to Los Angeles, Maini was a fixture in both the West Coast jazz movement and in the studios. He often worked with comedian Lenny Bruce and in big ban
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1930-02-08
- date of death
- 1964-05-07
- manner of death
- Suicide
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