Histoire et discographie

de Joe Maini, Jr.

© Vincent Bessières
Septembre/Octobre 2000 - Décembre 2004

L'un des plus brillants disciples de Charlie Parker, et martyr du jazz.

L'état de ces recherches est en perpétuel avancement. Toute addition est la bienvenue.

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Originaire de la communauté italienne ; son père et son frère jouent de la musique folklorique, l'un à la guitare l'autre à la mandoline. Lui étudie l'alto avec un certain Joe Piacitelli. Musicien professionnel à 17 ans, il commence à tourner dans les orchestres de différents instrumentistes qui jouent une musique plus ou moins commerciale : celui d'Alvino Rey, auto-proclamé "Roi de la Guitare", et celui de l'altiste Johnny Bothwell en 1948, puis celui plus obscur de Jimmy Zito l'année suivante. Il joue par la suite dans le Glen Henry Band (avec Bill Trujillo, Jimmy Knepper et Ruben McFall).

En 1950, il fait partie de l'orchestre constitué par l'arrangeur Gene Roland, habituellement signataire de partitions pour Stan Kenton. Composé de jeunes boppers, de Kentoniens et de stylistes du cool, cet ensemble de vingt-huit musiciens (beaucoup trop pour être viable) ne se produira jamais en concert. Toutefois, des répétitions ont lieu, au cours desquels Maini a l'occasion de côtoyer Charlie Parker. Il le retrouve en 1951 dans la formation de Claude Thornhill à laquelle il n'appartient que quelques semaines. Parker lui fait alors don de son propre saxophone ténor, duquel il jouera, parallèlement à l'alto, jusqu'à la fin de sa vie.

Les accointances de Maini et du Bird ne sont pas toutes d'ordre musical. Si le Bird se rend fréquemment dans le sous-sol des William Henry Apartments, 139e Rue et Broadway, où Maini a élu domicile, ce n'est pas uniquement pour se joindre aux jam sessions qui s'y déroulent à haut régime et où passent aussi bien Gillespie que Miles Davis, Gerry Mullligan que Warne Marsh et Max Roach. Maini est à cette époque un toxicomane et pourvoyeur de stupéfiants "réputé". C'est d'ailleurs lui, vraisemblablement, qui à cette époque initia Lenny Bruce, le comique iconoclaste dont il était l'ami, à la consommation de l'héroïne (à propos de leur relation, lire "Drugs, Oscenity & Death, Lenny Bruce - The Final Chapter")

Soucieux de changer de vie et de trouver plus de travail, Maini part pour la Californie, où le rejoint bientôt sa femme Sandra. Il commence par se produire avec le trompettiste Dan Terry, avec lequel il enregistre et même tourne un court métrage, Birth of a Band. Il fréquente alors ce qui se fait de mieux en matière de be-bop sur la côte Ouest, jouant notamment avec Lorraine et Herb Geller. En août 1954, il fait partie de la jam session qui se déroule autour du tandem Clifford Brown - Max Roach. A l'automne 55, il enregistre en petite formation successivement avec Red Mitchell, Jack Sheldon et Kenny Drew. Il fait alors partie du quartet du pianiste, qui comprend aussi Leroy Vinnegar (b) et Lawrence Marable (dm). Dans le même temps, Maini fréquente aussi des musiciens qui, tels Shelly Manne, Jack Montrose et Duane Tatro, appartiennent en propre au courant West Coast. Avec Montrose, il enregistre en 1956 un Concertino Da Camera (Blues and Vanilla) dédié au vibraphoniste Red Norvo. En parallèle, il fait partie de divers big bands, tels celui de Ray Anthony et Maynard Ferguson. A l'occasion d'un passage de celui-ci à New York, il enregistre un disque avec le tromboniste Jimmy Knepper, pour le label Debut, qui ne sera publié que plusieurs années plus tard.

A partir de 1958 et jusqu'à sa mort, Maini mène de front deux activités. Le jour, il fait partie de ces jazzmen privilégiés qui s'assurent des revenus stables en prenant part aux nombreuses sessions d'enregistrement qui se déroulent à Hollywood. Son aisance aux saxophones alto et ténor, à la flûte et à la clarinette, lui permettent de participer à des musiques de film (I Want To Live!, signée Johnny Mandel) ou à l'accompagnement de chanteurs (June Christy, Anita O'Day, Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne...). La nuit, il se produit au sein des meilleurs grands orchestres de Californie, et en particulier le Dream Band dirigé par Terry Gibbs. A compter de 1961, il fait partie du big band formé par le trompettiste et arrangeur Gerald Wilson, au sein duquel il enregistre à plusieurs reprises pour Pacific Jazz. En 1962, il participe aux premières tentatives du saxophoniste Med Flory d'harmonisation des chorus de Parker (Flory reprendra l'idée plus tard, lorsqu'il formera le groupe Supersax).

En mai 1964, alors qu'il est premier alto dans l'orchestre du batteur Louis Bellson, il se tue chez son ami le saxophoniste Ray Graziano en portant à sa tempe une arme qu'il ne savait pas chargée (d'aucuns dirent qu'il jouait à la roulette russe). Cette mort précoce n'a pas laissé le temps à Joe Maini d'enregistrer un seul disque sous son nom.

A voir absolument : la riche Joe Maini Page de Mark Traversino (souvenirs et photos rares).

N° 01 - 3/04/1950 - Gene Roland Orchestra
	Marty Bell, Don Ferrera, Don Joseph, Jon Neilson, Al Porcino, Sonny Rich, Red Rodney, Neil Freiz (tp), Eddie Bert, Porky Cohen, Jimmy Knepper, Paul Selden (tb), Frank Orchard (valve tb), Charlie Parker, Joe Maini (as), Al Cohn, Don Lanphere, Tommy MacKagon, Zoot Sims (ts), Bob Newman, Marty Flax (bs), Sam Herman (g), Harry Biss (p), Buddy Jones (b), Phil Arabia, Freddie Gruber, Don Manning (d), Gene Roland (arr, cond) - Nola's Studio, New York, 3 Avril 1950 1. It's a Wonderful World I 2. It's a Wonderful World II 3. It's a Wonderful World III 4. It's a Wonderful World IV 5. It's a Wonderful World V [fragment d'un solo de Parker] 6. Just You, Just Me 7. Titre inconnu 8. Stardust I 9. Stardust II 10. Stardust III 11. Downhome Blues 12. East Side, West Side (A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody) 13. Limehouse Blues I 14. Limehouse Blues II ("Hey fellas!") 15. Stardust IV   Note : Enregistrement réalisé par Eddie Bert et Don Manning au cours d'une répétition. Nombre de ces morceaux sont fragmentaires et/ou lacunaires. Tous les titres ne sont pas certains, comme le personnel.
> Charlie Parker, Bird's Eyes Volume 15 (Philology CD W 845.2)

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Charlie Parker Interview

Chan has photographs of the recent rehearsals with the Gene Roland Band.

CHAN: Would you like to see these? Did you hear about Gene Roland's Band?
STEARNS: No.
CHAN: Tell him about it, Bird. It had eight reeds.
PARKER: Yeah. Twenty-seven piece band rehearsing.
STEARNS: How long ago was this?
PARKER: A month, three weeks ago, a month ago.
CHAN: Do you know all those people?
STEARNS: No.
PARKER: Eight reeds, six trombones and eight brass.
CHAN: If you like...
STEARNS: But who, what label did they record for?
CHAN: They're not. They just rehearsed.
PARKER: Didn't record, just rehearsed.
CHAN: This is Sonny Rich, Eddie Bert, Zoot Sims and John Simmons, Al Cohn, Buddy Jones, this is Gene and the Band, and the trumpet section, of course, every day at rehearsal they had different people, Jon Nielson, Sonny Rich, Marty Bell, Red, Al Porcino, and here's Gene, Don and Zoot and Al Cohn, Bird, Joe Maini...
STEARNS: Wow! Look at that reed section! What a...
PARKER: Eight saxophones.
STEARNS: How'd it sound?
CHAN: Wonderful!
PARKER: It was solid, Wild!
CHAN: They had three drummers.
STEARNS: Who was doing the arrangements?
PARKER: Gene Roland.
STEARNS: Well, you did record 'em, didn't you?
PARKER: On this tape recorder.
STEARNS: Who has the tape? Do you have it?
PARKER: Made one recording, no, I don't have it. Made one, made one record.
CHAN: Gene has it.
PARKER: But the balance was bad.
STEARNS: Oh,where were they made?
PARKER: It was made at Nola's.
STEARNS: Nola's?
PARKER: Gene has all those covered. He was recording all summer...

--- Interview with Marshall Stearns and John Maher. Chan Parker is present. Location unknown, although the date can be fixed by references to the rehearsals of the Gene Roland "Band that Never Was" (March 30 and April 3, 1950) and to Parker's mother's graduation from nursing school (April 20, 1950). The interview appears on Bird Box Volume 3 and Philology Volume 7 (W 57) - whole interview transcription available on Miles Ahead website.

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N° 02 - 06/1950 - 136th Street Jam Session
	Probablement : Jon Eardley (tp), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Joe Maini (as), Don Lanphere (ts), John Williams (p), Buddy Jones (b), Frank Isola (d), Buddy Bridgeford (d) - Chez Joe Maini et Don Lanphere, William Henry Apartments, NYC, Juin 1950 1. Half Nelson 2. Cherokee 3. Scrapple from the Apple 4. Star Eyes 5. Little Willie Leaps 6. All the Things You Are 7. Bernie's Tune 8. Donna Lee 9. Out of Nowhere 10. Half Nelson II 11. Fine and Dandy
> Charlie Parker, Bird's Eyes Volume 12 (Philology CD W 842.2)

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Paul Bley :

We ran an organization up there called the Jazz Workshop, which was a musician's collective. We collectively performed together, twelve or fifteen bands and took the profits and used it to import American musicians. They sent me down to find Charlie Parker and to bring him back to Montreal. I had heard that he lived in a basement on 72nd Street in Manhattan with this saxophone player, Joe Maini. I went to visit him there and the story I tell is that I knocked on the basement door and asked to speak to Bird and Bird came to the door and I invited him to play the concert. He was very much of a, he reminded me of my dad, a short man with a deep voice and very, very nice guy. I was told that I had to watch him carefully because he tended to wander off and I did. But musically, he was a revelation. --- Paul Bley (A Fireside Chat)

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SESSION 03 - 1952 ou 1953 - Démo
	Jon Nielson (tp), Charlie Parker, Joe Maini ou Charlie Kennedy (as), non identifié (p), n. i. (b), Freddie Gruber (dm) - NYC, 1952 ou 53 1. Groovin' High 2. The Great Lie 3. Blues sans titre 4. How High the Moon Note : Cet enregistrement, apparu assez récemment, est une démo présentant des arrangements relativement élaborés et Charlie Parker en invité. Il n'est pas certain que Maini en soit le leader, mais on peut le supputer connaissant sa proximité avec Parker, qui, à ce stade de sa carrière, n'en était plus à s'associer avec n'importe quel "débutant".
> Charlie Parker, Bird's Eyes Volume 20 (Philology CD W 850.2)

Clifford Brown (tp), Herb Geller, Joe Maini, Jr (as), Walter Benton (ts), Kenny Drew (p), Curtis Counce (b), Max Roach (ds), Los Angeles, 11 Août 1954 > Photo 1. Coronado (Coles) (1) 2. You Go To My Head (Cocks-Gillespie) (1) 3. Caravan (Mills-Tizol-Ellington) (2) 4. Autumn In New York (Duke) (2)

N° 05 - 13/09/1955 - Shelly Manne & His Men

Bob Enevoldsen (valve tb), Joe Maini, Jr (as), Bill Holman (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Russ Freeman (p), Ralph Peña (b), Shelly Manne (ds), Los Angeles, 13 Septembre 1955 - Arrangements par Bill Holman (1 et 3), Marty Paich (2), Bob Enevoldsen (4). 1. Grasshopper (Shelly Manne) 2. Summer Night (Warren Dubin) 3. Spring Is Here (Rogers-Hart) 4. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Warren-Dubin)

> Shelly Manne & His Men, The West Coast Sound, Volume 1 (Contemporary LP C 3507 ; CD Original Jazz Classics 152-2)

N° 06 - 27/09/1955 - Red Mitchell Quintet

Conte Candoli (tp), Joe Maini, Jr (as, ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Red Mitchell (b), Chuck Thompson (ds) - Hollywood, 27 Septembre 1955   1. Jam For Your Bread (Mitchell) 2. Where Or When (Rogers-Hart) 3. Section Blues (Mitchell-Thompson) 4. Duff (Hawes) 5. Ornithology (Parker-Harris) 6. Will You Still Be Mine (Adair-Denis) 7. I'll Never Be The Same (Malick-Cahn-Signorelli) 8. East Coast Outpost (Mitchell) 9. You Go To My Head (Gillespie-Coots)

> Red Mitchell, Red Mitchell (Bethlehem ; CD Bethlehem Archives R2 75823)

N° 07 - 1/11/1955 - Jazz for Moderns

Stu Williamson (tp), Bob Enevoldsen (valve tb), Joe Eger (frh), Joe Maini, Jr (as), Bill Holman (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Ralph Peña (b), Shelly Manne (ds), Duane Tatro (orchestration) - Los Angeles, 1er Novembre 1955 1. Minor Incident 2. Dollar Day 3. Easy Terms

> Duane Tatro, Jazz for Moderns (Contemporary C 3514 ; CD Original Jazz Classics 1878)

N° 08 - 18/11/1955 - Jack Sheldon Quintet

Jack Sheldon (tp), Joe Maini, Jr (as), Kenny Drew (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Lawrence Marable (ds) Los Angeles, 18 Novembre 1955 1. It's Only A Paper Moon (Rose-Harburg-Arlen) 2. Leroy's Blues (Drew) 3. Contour (Drew)

> Kenny Drew, Talkin' & Walkin' (CD Blue Note 7 84439 2)
> Jack Sheldon, The Quartet & The Quintet (CD Pacific Jazz/West Coast Classics)

Note : Ces trois titres n'ont été réunis en un même volume qu'en 1989, pour leur publication en CD. Ils avaient à l'époque paru sur différentes compilations.

N° 09 - 12/1955 - Kenny Drew Quartet

Joe Maini, Jr (as, ts), Kenny Drew (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Lawrence Marable (ds) - Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, Décembre 1955 1. Talkin' - Walkin' (Drew) 2. In The Prescribed Manner (Drew) 3. Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington) 4. Wee Dot (J.J. Johnson) 5. Hidden Channel (Drew) 6. Deadline (Drew) 7. I'm Old Fashioned (Kern-Mercer) 8. Minor Blues (Blues In A Cardboard Box) (Drew) 9. Walkin' - Talkin' (Drew)

> Kenny Drew, Talkin' & Walkin' (Alladin/Jazz West Records ; CD Blue Note 7 84439 2)

N° 10 - 2/1956 - Jane Fielding with the Kenny Drew Quartet

Joe Maini (as) Ted Efantis (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Lawrence Marable (d) Jane Fielding (vo) - Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, March, 1956 Embers Glow Key Largo Too Marvelous for Words Make the Men Love Me All Dressed Up Tonight and No Place to Go

> Jane Fielding with the Kenny Drew Quartet, Embers Glow (Alladin/Jazz West JWLP 5)

N° 11 - 1956 - Jack Montrose Quintet

Joe Maini, Jr (as), Jack Montrose (ts), Red Norvo (vib), Buddy Clarke (b), Shelly Manne (ds) - Los Angeles, 1956 Concertino Da Camera (Blues and Vanilla) (Jack Montrose)

> Jack Montrose & Red Norvo, Blues And Vanilla (RCA Victor ; CD RCA/BMG Spain ND 74400)

N° 12 - 1956 - Ray Anthony Orchestra

Los Angeles, 1956 Information needed

> Ray Anthony, Jam Session at the Tower (Capitol T 749 ; CD Aerospace CS 996)

N° 13 - 10/06/1957 - Jimmy Knepper Quintet

Jimmy Knepper (tb), Joe Maini, Jr (as), Bill Triglia (p), Charles Mingus (b), Dannie Richmond (ds) - New York, 10 Juin 1957 1. Latter Day Saint (Knepper) 2. Cunningbird (Knepper) 3. The Jumpin' Blues (Jump The Blues Away) (Dexter Gordon) 4. The Masher (Knepper) 5. The Masher (Knepper) alt. take 6. Latter Day Saint (Knepper) alt. take / take 1 7. Latter Day Saint (Knepper) alt. take / take 2 8. Latter Day Saint (Knepper) alt. take / take ? Note : Cet album réalisé pour le label Debut (co-géré par Charles Mingus et Max Roach) ne fut jamais publié à l'époque de son enregistrement qu'au Danemark. Une référence lui avait bien été attribuée (DEB 129) mais pour une raison inconnue, sa parution ne fut jamais effective.

> Jimmy Knepper, Jazz Workshop Presents : Jimmy Knepper (DL 101 (Danemark))
> The Charles Mingus Octet / The Jimmy Knepper Quintet, Debut Rarities vol. 1 (CD Original Jazz Classics 1807)
> Charles Mingus, The Complete Debut Recordings (Fantasy 12DCD-4402-2)

N° 14 - 1958 ? - Johnny Mandel Jazz Score
	Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Ed Ledy (tp), Frank Rosolino, Milt Bernhart (tb), Dave Wells (tb, btp), Vince DeRosa, Sinclair Lott, John Cave, Dick Parisi (frh), Harry Klee (picc, fl), Abe Most (cl), Joe Maini, Jr (as, bcl), Bill Holman (ts, bar sax, cl), Martu Berman (bcl, contra-bassoon), Chuck Gentry (bass sax, contra-bass cl), Pete Jolly (p), Al Hendricksen (g), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne, Larry Bunker, Mel Lewis, Milt Holland, Mike Pacheco (ds/perc), Kathryn July (harp), Johnny Mandel (comp, arr) - Hollywood, 1958 ? 1. Main Title 2. Poker Game 3. San Diego Party 4. Henry Leaves 5. Stakeout 6. Barbara Surrenders 7. Trio Convicted 8. Trip To Corona 9. Peg's Visit 10. Gas Chamber Unveiling 11. Nightmare Squence 12. Preparations For Execution 13. Letter Writing Sequence 14. The Last Mile 15. Death Scene 16. End Title
> Johnny Mandel, I Want To Live! Soundtrack (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack/Ryko RCD 10743)

N° 15- 1958 - Terry Gibbs
	Terry Gibbs (vib), Charlie Kennedy (sax), Joe Maini (as), Med Flory (ts), Bil Holman (ts), Jack Schwartz (bs), Pete Jolly (p), Max Bennett (b), Mel Lewis (ds). Arranged, conducted and supervised by Pete Rugolo. Recorded in November 1958. Moonlight Serenade (Miller - Parrish) Blues In The Night (Mercer - Arlen) Impossible (Allen) What Is There To Say (Harburg - Duke) I Remember (D & T. Gibbs) The Things We Did Last Summer (Cahn - Stynes) You Make Me Feel So Young (Condon - Myrow) At Last (Gordon - Warren) Lazy Sunday (D. & T. Gibbs) Every Day Is Spring With You (Logan - Gibbs) With All My Love To You (D. & T. Gibbs - Logan) Don't Cry (D. & T. Gibbs)
> Terry Gibbs, More Vibes On Velvet (Mercury SR-80027)

N° 16 - 17-19/03/1959 - Terry Gibbs Dream Band
	Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson (tp), Bob Enevoldsen, Vern Friley, Joe Cadena (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Holman, Med Flory (ts), Jack Schwartz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Pete Jolly (p), Max Bennett (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Seville, Hollywood, 17-19 Mars 1959 1. Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter) arranged by Bill Holman 2. Don't Be That Way (Goodman-Sampson-Parish-Webb) arranged by Bob Brookmeyer 3. Cottontail (Ellington) arranged by Al Cohn 4. Stardust (Carmichael-Parish) arranged by Bill Holman 5. Opus One (Oliver-Garis) arranged by Marty Paich 6. After You've Gone (Creamer-Layton) 7. You Go to My Head (Gillespie-Coots) 8. Let's Dance (Stone-Bonime-Baldridge) arranged by Bob Brookmeyer 9. The Subtle Sermon (Sy Johnson) 10. Kissin' Bug (Lampert-Eisenhower-Linsley-Vignals ) [solo de Maini] 11. Jumpin' At the Woodside (Basie-Hendricks) arranged by Manny Albam 12. Midnight Sun (Burke-Mercer-Hampton) arranged by Med Flory 13. Evil Eyes (Bill Holman) [solo de Maini] 14. Moten Swing (Moten) arranged by Manny Albam 15. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (George Bassman) arranged by Marty Paich [solo de Maini] 16. Flying Home (Goodman-Hampton) arranged by Med Flory [solo de Maini] 17. Prelude to a Kiss (Gordon-Mills-Ellington) arranged by Al Cohn
(1-11) > Terry Gibbs, Dream Band (Contemporary CCD-7647-2) (12-16) > Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Flying Home - Volume 3 (Contemporary CCD-7654-2) (1-5, 8, 11-12, 14-17) Terry Gibbs & His Orchestra, Launching a New Sound in Music (Mercury LP MG-20440/SR-60112)

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Al Porcino on Terry Gibbs "Dream Band" :

In 1959 Terry Gibbs came out to Los Angeles: he thought he might settle there. He was under contract to Mercury, I believe: he had made a big–band album in New York about a year prior. They wanted him to do another and ordinarily I’m sure Terry would have gone back East to make it. Terry had heard the Med Flory “Jazz Wave” album, and also another album that we did about two weeks after. This was one of the first big band albums with Bill Holman. It’s called “The Fabulous Bill Holman”, on the Coral label. One side has “Airegin”, “You And I”, “Evil Eyes” and “Bright Eyes”; then on the B–side is a suite in three parts, “The Big Street”, which I think is really a great jazz composition.
I still am very partial to that album, out of all the good big band recordings we’ve done in Los Angeles. I love Bill Holman; he’s one of the best writers we have. It seems that Terry was so impressed with these albums that he decided he’d make his new one on the West Coast. And it was almost the same personnel— Mel Lewis, myself and all the guys. The idea of the album, “Launching a New Sound”, was to salute the old bands with sort of up–dated arrangements of their material, but to subtly retain a little flavour of the originals.
In some cases, I’d been on the original records, too. He commissioned three writers from the West Coast: Bill Holman, Med Flory and Marty Paich, and three from the East, Al Cohn, Bobby Brookmeyer and Manny Albam—all to do two arrangements apiece. Bill Holman was assigned two tunes that were famous from Artie Shaw’s library: so he did “Begin The Beguine” and “Stardust”. Marty Paich arranged the Tommy Dorsey hits, “Opus One” and “Gettin’ Sentimental Over You”. Med Flory did Lionel Hampton —“Flying Home” and “Midnight Sun”.
Al Cohn made quite a fabulous chart of “Cotton Tail”, which includes a marvellous alto saxophone solo by the late Joe Maini. I thought the whole thing was quite cleverly done. --- Al Porcino (1969)

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N° 17 - 05/1959 - Bobby Darin + Big Band
	Bobby Darin (voc), Al Porcino, Stu Williamson, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli (tp), Milt Bernhart, Bob Envoldsen, Joe Cadeno, Ken Shoyer (tb), Med Flory, Charles Kennedy, Jack Schwartz, Bill Perkins, Joe Maini (sax); Richard Behrke (p), Barney Kessel (g), Max Bennett (b), Mel Lewis (dm), Richard Wess (arr, cond) The Lamp Is Low (unissued) Caravan Atco Don't Dream of Anybody But Me Have You Got Any Castles, Baby  Source : Bob Darin Website
> Bob Darrin, This Is Darin (Atco LP33-115)

N° 18 - 11/1959 - Terry Gibbs Dream Band
	John Audino, Conte Candoli, Frank Higgins, Stu Williamson (tp), Bobby Burgess, Vern Friley, Bill Smiley (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Perkins, Med Flory (ts), Jack Schwartz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Lou Levy (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Sundown, Hollywood, Novembre 1959 1. The Song Is You (Hammerstein-Kern) 2. Moonglow (Hudson-DeLange-Mills)  [solo de Maini] 3. The Fat Man (Gibbs) 4. It Could Happen to You (Van Heusen-Burke) 5. Back Bay Shuffle (McRae-Shaw) 6. Dancing In the Dark (Dietz-Schwartz) 7. Blue Lou (Sampson-Mills) 8. Soflty, As in a Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein-Romberg)   [solo de Maini] 9. No Heat (Bill Holman)  [solo de Maini] 10. My Reverie (Debussy-Clinton) 11. The Claw (Gibbs) 12. Airegin (Rollins) 13. Just Plain Meyer (Brookmeyer)  [solo de Maini] 14. It Might As Well Be Spring (Gibbs)
(1-11) > Terry Gibbs Dream Band, The Sundown Sessions - Volume 2 (Contemporary CCD-7647-2) (12-14) > Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Flying Home - Volume 3 (Contemporary CCD-7647-2)

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Terry Gibbs on Joe Maini :

The late Joe Maini used to be my lead alto player, before I moved to New York; when I came back to California, I started the band again, and Bud Shank—a great saxophone player, who can read anything first time—played lead alto with us. And Joe Maini was the type of guy who, when he'd played an arrangement twice, if it was ten pages he never took it out again—he had it memorised. He never marked anything. So at the first few rehearsals we had with the band, every time we ended a tune, Bud played eighteen bars alone, because he just played the music like it was written. Finally, Bud learned the book, and knew where to go. --- Terry Gibbs (1982)

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N° 19 - 11/1959 - Terry Gibbs Dream Band
	A. Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Frank Higgins, Stu Williamson (tp), Frank Rosolino, Vern Friley, Bob Edmondson (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (ts), Jack Nimitz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Pat Moran (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Sundown, Hollywood, Novembre 1959 Avalon (Rose-Jolson-DeSylva)
	B. John Audino, Conte Candoli, Frank Higgins, Stu Williamson (tp), Bobby Burgess, Vern Friley, Bill Smiley (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Perkins, Med Flory (ts), Jack Schwartz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Benny Aronov (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Sundown, Hollywood, Novembre 1959 Bright Eyes (Holman)
	C. John Audino, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman, Stu Williamson (tp), Bobby Burgess, Vern Friley, Bill Smiley (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Perkins, Med Flory (ts), Jack Schwartz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Lou Levy (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Sundown, Hollywood, Novembre 1959 Wonderful You (Cohn)
> Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Flying Home - Volume 3 (Contemporary CCD-7647-2)

SESSION 20 - 1959 - Sax Maniacs
	Med Flory (as, ts), Joe Maini (as), Bob Hardaway, Bill Perkins, Bill Holman (ts), Bill Hood (bs), Russ Freeman (p), Jim Hall (g), Red Kelly (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Los Angeles, 1959 1. Shish-Ka-Bob 2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
> Med Flory's Sax Maniacs (World Pacific 45-816)

N° 21 - 20-22/01/1960 - Terry Gibbs Dream Band
	Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Condoli, Frank Higgins (tp), Stu Williamson, Bob Edmondson Frank Rosolino Vern Friley (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (ts), Jack Nimitz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Pat Moran (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Hollywood, 20-22 Janvier 1960 1. Limerick Waltz 2. Nose Cone 3. Summit Blues 4. You Don't Know What Love Is (DePaul/Raye) 5. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie/Casey/Pinkard) 6. Too Close for Comfort (Bock/Holofcener/Weiss) 7. Main Stem 8. Ja Da 9. T and S 10. Day In - Day Out (Bloom/Mercer)
> Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 4 : Main Stem (Contemporary 7656) Some tracks from Terry Gibbs, The Exciting Terry Gibbs Band Recorded Live at the Summit in Hollywood (Verve V-2151)

N° 22 - 20-22/01/1960 - Terry Gibbs Dream Band
	Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Stu Williamson, Frank Higgins, Ray Triscari (tp), Bob Edmondson Frank Rosolino Vern Friley (tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (ts), Jack Nimitz (bs), Terry Gibbs (vib), Pat Moran (p), Buddy Clark (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - Hollywood, 20-22 Janvier 1960 1. Tico-Tico (DeAbreu/Drake/Oliveira) 2. Big Bad Bob (Gibbs) 3. The Big Cat (Cohn) 4. Soft Eyes (Holman) 5. Billie's Bounce (Parker) 6. Pretty Blue Eyes (Gibbs) 7. I'll Take Romance (Hammerstein/Oakland) 8. Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (Bryant/Donahue/Seisman/VanHeusen) 9. Nature Boy (Ahbez) 10. Jump the Blues Away (Lewis) 11. Sleep (Lebeig)
> Terry Gibbs & His Exciting Big Band, Explosion! (Mercury LP MG-20704 ) > Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 5: Big Cat (Contemporary 7657)

N° 23 - 29/06, 30/06 & 1/07/1960 - Bill Holman Big Band
	A. Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman (tp), Frank Rosolino, Vern Friley, Lew McCreary (tb), Ken Shroyer (b tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Holman (ts, arr), Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bari), Jimmy Rowles (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d) - Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, 29 Juin 1960 Quickstep The Moon Is Blue June Is Busting Out All Over
	B. Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman (tp), Frank Rosolino, Lew McCreary (tb), Ken Shroyer (b tb), Vince DeRosa, John Cave (Frh), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Holman (ts, arr), Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bari), Jimmy Rowles (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d) - Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, 30 Juin 1960 Speak Low Lush Life Shadrack In A Sentimental Mood
	C. Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Conte Candoli, Lee Katzman (tp), Frank Rosolino, Vern Friley, Lew McCreary (tb), Ken Shroyer (b tb), Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy (as), Bill Holman (ts, arr), Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bari), Jimmy Rowles (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d) - Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, 1er Juillet 1960 Stereoso Ol' Man River Spinuet The Gentleman Is A Dope
> Bill Holman, Bill Holman's Great Big Band (Capitol ST-1464, Creative World ST-1053)

 

N °24 - August 1960 - Anita O'Day with Bill Holman Orchestra
	A. Anita O'Day (voc), Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson (tp), Bob Edmonson, Lew McCreary Frank Rosolino (tb), Kenny Shroyer (btb), Charlie Kennedy, Joe Maini (as) Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar sax), Lou Levy (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (dm), Bill Holman (arrranger, conductor). - Radio Recorders, Hollywood, August 16, 1960 It Could Happen to You Blue Champagne Avalon
	B. Anita O'Day (voc), Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson (tp), Bob Edmonson, Lew McCreary Frank Rosolino (tb), Kenny Shroyer (btb), Charlie Kennedy, Joe Maini (as) Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar sax), Lou Levy (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (dm), Bill Holman (arrranger, conductor). - Radio Recorders, Hollywood, August 18, 1960 Old Devil Moon The Party's Over Why Shouldn't
	C. Anita O'Day (voc), Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson (tp), Bob Edmonson, Lew McCreary Frank Rosolino (tb), Kenny Shroyer (btb), Charlie Kennedy, Joe Maini (as) Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar sax), Lou Levy (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (dm), Bill Holman (arrranger, conductor). - Radio Recorders, Hollywood, August 23, 1960 Easy Living Can't We Be Friends Slaughter On 10th Avenue If I Love Again Speak Low Indian Summer
> Anita O'Day, Incomparable! (Verve V6-8572 ; CD LPR 314 589-2)

N °25 - 1961 - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
	Gerald Wilson (arr), Al Porcino, Jack Trainor, John Audino, Carmell Jones (tp), Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, John Ewing (tb), Kenny Shroyer (bass tb), Buddy Collette (cl, as, fl), Joe Maini (as), Walter Benton, Teddy Edwards (ts), Don Raffell (bari), Richard Holmes (org), Gene Edwards (g), Jimmy Bond (b), Mel Lewis (d). Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, September 30, 1961 You Better Believe It Yvette Jeri Moody Blue
> Gerald Wilson, You Better Believe It (Pacific Jazz 34) > Gerald Wilson, The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Mosaic MD5-198)

N° 26 - 1962 ? - Shorty Rodgers & His Giants (VIDEO)
	Shorty Rogers (tp, flgh) Joe Maini (as) Pete Jolly (p) Max Bennett (b) Mel Lewis (dm) Martian Bossa Nova I'm gonna go fishin' Time Was Blues

N° 27 - 1962 - Frank Sinatra with Neal Hefti Band
A lire au sujet de ces séances	A. Neal Hefti Band - Frank Sinatra (vocals); Neal Hefti (conductor); Joe Maini (alto saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Conte Candoli (trumpet); Bill Miller (piano); Al McKibbon (bass); Earl Palmer (drums). - February 27, 1962 - Los Angeles Everybody's Twistin' (Bloom/Koehler) Nothing But the Best (Rotella)
	B. Neal Hefti Band - Frank Sinatra (vocals); Neal Hefti (conductor); Joe Maini (alto saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Conte Candoli (trumpet); Bill Miller (piano); Al McKibbon (bass); Earl Palmer (drums). - April 10, 1962 - Hollywood I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ellington/George/Hodges/James) I Get a Kick out of You (Porter) Ain't She Sweet (Ager/Yellen)  I Love You (Porter) They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin/Gershwin) Love Is Just Around the Corner (Gensler/Robin)
	C. Neal Hefti Band - Frank Sinatra (vocals); Neal Hefti (conductor); Joe Maini (alto saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Conte Candoli (trumpet); Bill Miller (piano); Al McKibbon (bass); Earl Palmer (drums). - April 11, 1962 - Hollywood At Long Last Love (Porter) Serenade in Blue (Gordon/Warren) Goody Goody (Malnek/Mercer) Don'cha Go 'Way Mad (Jacquet/Mundy/Stillman) Tangerine (Mercer/Schertzinger) Pick Yourself Up (Fields/Kern)
> Frank Sinatra, Sinatra and Swingin' Brass (LP Reprise FS-1005 ; CD Reprise/Warner Brothers 27021-2)

N° 28 - 1962 - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
	A. Gerald Wilson (arr), Carmell Jones, Jules Chaiken, John Audino, Freddie Hill (tp), Bob Edmondson, Lou Blackburn, Frank Strong (tb), Bob Knight (bass tb), Bud Shank (as, fl), Joe Maini (as), Teddy Edwards, Harold Land (ts), Don Raffell (bari), Jack Wilson (p), Joe Pass (g), Jimmy Bond (b), Mel Lewis (d) + Modesto Duran (cga)*. Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, 27 Août 1962 Teri Patterns Nancy Jo Viva Tirado * Moment Of Truth
	B. Gerald Wilson (arr), Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, John Audino, Freddie Hill (tp), Bob Edmondson, Lou Blackburn, Lester Robertson (tb), Bob Knight (bass tb), Bud Shank (as, fl), Joe Maini (as), Teddy Edwards, Harold Land (ts), Jack Nimitz (bari), Jack Wilson (p), Joe Pass (g), Jimmy Bond (b), Mel Lewis (d) + Modesto Duran (cga)*. Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, Septembre 1962 Latino * Milestones Josefina Emerge
> Gerald Wilson, Moment of Truth (Pacific Jazz ST-61 ; CD 92928) > Gerald Wilson, The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Mosaic MD5-198)

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Teddy Edwards, à propos du Gerald Wilson Orchestra : 

L’orchestre de Gerald Wilson était un sacré orchestre. Il faut dire qu’il y avait de grands musiciens: Harold Land, Carmell Jones, Jack Wilson, Leroy Vinnegar, Bobby Bryant, Joe Maini, Anthony Ortega... --- to Al Levitt (Jazz Magazine, 1981)

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N° 29 - 2/12/1963 & 8/01/1964- Gerald Wilson Orchestra
	A. Gerald Wilson (arr), Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Nat Meeks (tp), Bob Edmondson, John Ewing, Lester Robertson (tb), Don Switzer (bass tb), Joe Maini, Jimmy Woods (as), Teddy Edwards, Harold Land (ts), Jack Nimitz (bari), Jack Wilson (p), Joe Pass (g), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Chuck Carter (d), Modesto Duran (bgo)*. Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, December 2, 1963 Paco * Ravi * So What ‘Round Midnight
	B. Gerald Wilson (arr), Al Porcino, Carmell Jones, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Nat Meeks (tp), Bob Edmondson, John Ewing, Lew McCreary (tb), Don Switzer (bass tb), Bud Shank (fl)*, Joe Maini, Jimmy Woods (as), Teddy Edwards, Harold Land (ts), Jack Nimitz (bari), Jack Wilson (p), Joe Pass (g), Dave Dyson (b), Chuck Carter (d). Pacific Jazz Studios, LA, January 8, 1964 Aram Caprichos * Eric
> Gerald Wilson, Portraits (Pacific Jazz LP 80 ; CD 93414) > Gerald Wilson, The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (Mosaic MD5-198)

N° 30 - 1963 - Nancy Wilson with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra
	Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill (tp), Bob Edmondson, Lester Robertson, John Ewing (tb), Kenny Shroyer (btb), Paul Horn (as), Joe Maini (reeds), Harold Land, Teddy Edwards (ts), Wild Bill Davis (org), Jack Wilson (p), Joe Pass (g), Jimmy Bond (b), Kenny Dennis (dm), Gerald Wilson (arr), Nancy Wilson (voc) - Los Angeles, 1963 1. Song Is You (Hammerstein/Kern) 2. Very Thought of You (Nobel) 3. Satin Doll (Ellington/Mercer/Strayhorn) 4. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Hart/Rodgers) 5. Sufferin' with the Blues (Conyers/Pemberton) 6. Someone to Watch over Me (Gershwin/Gershwin) 7. Best Is Yet to Come (Coleman/Leigh) 8. Never Let Me Go (Evans/Livingston) 9. Send Me Yesterday (Smith) 10. All My Tomorrows (Cahn/VanHeusen) 11. Please Send Me Someone to Love (Mayfield) 12. Blue Prelude (Bishop/Jenkins) 13. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Loesser) 14. Show Goes On (Roth) 15. West Coast Blues (Montgomery) 16. Tell Me the Truth (Jackson) 17. My Sweet Thing
> Nancy Wilson, Yesterday's Love Songs-Today's Blues (Capitol ST-2012 ; CD 96265)

Musicians ayant connu Joe Maini :

Buzz Gardner (trompette)
Jim Gordon (anches)
Lin Halliday (saxophone)
Jimmy Knepper (trombone) - In Memoriam
Rosie Mitchell aka Novita (singer, former wife of bass player Red Mitchell)
Shep Meyers (piano)
Don Payne (basse)
Al Porcino (trompette)
Bill Trujillo (saxophone)