# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lennie-niehaus
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:40:42.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lennie-niehaus"
name: "Lennie Niehaus"
slug: "lennie-niehaus"
description: "Leonard Niehaus 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.\nHe 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 and directed by Clint Eastwood."
tagline: "American saxophonist and composer (1929–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Lennie_Niehaus.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-06-01"
deathDate: "2020-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.66
  momentum:             2.303571428571428
  historical:           15.20774533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006215/"
    handle:    "nm0006215"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennie_Niehaus"
    title: "Lennie Niehaus"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump