Tom Weaver forwarded this to me:
Jimmie Maddin
Music impresario, saxophone player
By VARIETY STAFF
L.A. music impresario and saxophone player Jimmie Maddin died Sept. 1 in Boulder City, Nev. He was 78.
A memorial will be held Sunday, Sept. 24 at 1:00 p.m. at the Professional Musician's Local 47, 817 Vine Street, Hollywood.
Maddin helped develop the rock 'n' roll saxophone style known as "honking" and played on the early rock song "Boogie Boo" with Bennie Carter. He appeared 1950s TV shows and hosted The Nighthawk Bandstand radio show. He appeared as bandleader in the feature "There's No Business Like Show Business" and played himself in the 1950 cult pic "The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow."
Maddin segued from playing to producing, becoming head of American International Pictures' music division. A central figure in L.A. music history, he wrote the theme song "I Love the Dodgers" for the newly-arrived Los Angeles Dodgers with Ernie Freeman, produced 1960s band The Seeds and owned Hollywood nighclubs including The Sanbah Room, The Mardi Gras, Trojan Room, Hot Toddies and The Copa.
Maddin worked to help break the color line in American music, sitting on the union's amalgamation committee merging the separate black and white musicians' unions. He had been a member of the Professional Musician's Local 47 since 1948.
Maddin enjoyed a career resurgence late in life as fans discovered him still performing weekly on saxophone at his club The Capri Lounge in Glendale.
Maddin is survived by his son, Jimmy and a granddaughter.
Donations may be made to The Harmony Project, 817 Vine Street, Suite 204, Los Angeles, CA 90038.
Jimmie Maddin
Music impresario, saxophone player
By VARIETY STAFF
L.A. music impresario and saxophone player Jimmie Maddin died Sept. 1 in Boulder City, Nev. He was 78.
A memorial will be held Sunday, Sept. 24 at 1:00 p.m. at the Professional Musician's Local 47, 817 Vine Street, Hollywood.
Maddin helped develop the rock 'n' roll saxophone style known as "honking" and played on the early rock song "Boogie Boo" with Bennie Carter. He appeared 1950s TV shows and hosted The Nighthawk Bandstand radio show. He appeared as bandleader in the feature "There's No Business Like Show Business" and played himself in the 1950 cult pic "The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow."
Maddin segued from playing to producing, becoming head of American International Pictures' music division. A central figure in L.A. music history, he wrote the theme song "I Love the Dodgers" for the newly-arrived Los Angeles Dodgers with Ernie Freeman, produced 1960s band The Seeds and owned Hollywood nighclubs including The Sanbah Room, The Mardi Gras, Trojan Room, Hot Toddies and The Copa.
Maddin worked to help break the color line in American music, sitting on the union's amalgamation committee merging the separate black and white musicians' unions. He had been a member of the Professional Musician's Local 47 since 1948.
Maddin enjoyed a career resurgence late in life as fans discovered him still performing weekly on saxophone at his club The Capri Lounge in Glendale.
Maddin is survived by his son, Jimmy and a granddaughter.
Donations may be made to The Harmony Project, 817 Vine Street, Suite 204, Los Angeles, CA 90038.
GARY L. PRANGE
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc."
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc."
