Sorry for the delay in responding :-). I have heard a little of Joe
Maini but not much. Used to have an album by the Terry Gibbs big band
on which he had a couple of solos. He sounded a little like Phil
Woods.

--- In charlieparkerchasinthebird@y..., bigstud6919125
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Has anyone ever listened to Joe Maini? I have read that he was the
> closest thing to Bird. From the West Coast. Died very tragically
> playing russuan roulette.