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Jimmy Mulidore | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Jim Mulidore |
| Born | 1937 (age 88–89) Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, bandleader, musical director |
| Instruments | Saxophone, clarinet, flute |
Jimmy Mulidore (born 1937), also credited as Jim Mulidore, is an American jazz reed player, bandleader, and musical director. Based in Las Vegas since 1957, he performed in the city's jazz clubs and casino showrooms and later supervised the resident orchestras at the Las Vegas Hilton and Flamingo Hilton.[1][2][3]
Mulidore worked with entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. During Presley's Las Vegas Hilton engagements, Mulidore performed the featured flute part in live presentations of "An American Trilogy".[3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Mulidore was born in 1937 and raised in the Brier Hill neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio. His father, a steelworker, gave him a saxophone, and Mulidore began performing professionally while still in high school. He later studied at Ohio State University and the Juilliard School.[2][1]
Mulidore moved to Las Vegas in 1957 at age 19. He initially worked at the El Rancho Vegas, and later recalled losing both his job and his instruments when the hotel was destroyed by fire.[2][3]
Career
[edit]By the mid-1960s, Mulidore was performing regularly in the Las Vegas jazz scene. DownBeat reported in 1966 that he led a quartet at the Black Magic. In 1967, the magazine listed him in a Las Vegas group with trombonist Carl Fontana, and in 1968 it reported performances by Mulidore's group, the Next Dimension, at the Colonial House on the Las Vegas Strip.[5][6][7]
Las Vegas Hilton and Flamingo
[edit]Contemporary trade coverage documented Mulidore's increasing responsibilities at the Las Vegas Hilton. In 1971, Billboard reported that he took over conducting duties at the Hilton while musical director Joe Guercio was touring with Elvis Presley. In 1972, the magazine noted Mulidore conducting the Hilton Hotel Orchestra for singer Linda Bennett.[8][9]
A 1973 Billboard report described the Hilton and Flamingo orchestras as operating under Guercio, with Mulidore acting as contractor. By 1979, the magazine referred to the resident ensemble as the "26-piece Jimmy Mulidore Hilton Orchestra".[10][11]
In a 1981 career profile, the Las Vegas Sun identified Mulidore as musical director of both the Hilton and Flamingo. His duties included supervising the hotels' orchestras, hiring musicians, monitoring performances, and directing the Hilton Strings during pre-show dinner service. He adjusted the dinner orchestra's repertoire according to the showroom headliner and traveled between the two hotels to oversee their resident productions.[3]
The same profile discussed Mulidore's work with Presley. Mulidore said that Presley's Hilton arrangement of "An American Trilogy" used his flute solo after several other reed instruments had been tried. The article also reported that Mulidore conducted for Andy Williams and for Louis Armstrong during Armstrong's final Las Vegas engagement.[3]
A 2015 profile in The Vindicator described Mulidore as having served as bandleader and musical director at the Hilton and Flamingo for 18 years.[2]
Recordings
[edit]Mulidore appeared as baritone saxophonist on drummer Louis Bellson's Thunderbird, released by Impulse! Records in 1966. He also played baritone saxophone on James Brown's 1970 album Soul on Top.[12]
In 1974, Mulidore played alto and soprano saxophones and flute on trumpeter Red Rodney's album Superbop.[12]
As a bandleader, Mulidore recorded the album Invitation for Bainbridge Records. A 1982 Record World column reviewed the release and identified Mulidore as a saxophonist, flautist, and longtime musical director at Las Vegas hotels.[13]
Later work and historical preservation
[edit]In 2009, the Las Vegas Sun profiled Mulidore in connection with Looking Back, a video project about the history of Las Vegas jazz and casino orchestras.[4]
That year, the Oral History Research Center at UNLV recorded an interview with Mulidore for its All That Jazz Oral History Project. The interview covers his Las Vegas career, his work at the El Rancho, his tour with the Billy May band, and his experiences with performers including Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole.[1]
Mulidore wrote the memoir The Vegas Player: Celebrities, Sex, Drugs, and Mafia. The book and Mulidore's career were the subjects of a 2015 profile in The Vindicator, and the memoir was subsequently discussed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[2][14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jimmy Mulidore oral history interview (OH-02491)". UNLV Special Collections and Archives. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
- ^ a b c d e D'Astolfo, Guy (September 3, 2015). "Jimmy Mulidore: the Vegas player". The Vindicator. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
- ^ a b c d e Krane, Elliot S. (February 8, 1981). "Orchestra Leaders of the Strip: Jimmy Mulidore of the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved July 30, 2026 – via transcription hosted at JimmyMulidore.com.
- ^ a b Fink, Jerry (November 25, 2009). "Jazz man's DVD keeps rich scene alive — in memory". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
- ^ "Las Vegas" (PDF). DownBeat. December 29, 1966. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Las Vegas" (PDF). DownBeat. June 1, 1967. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Las Vegas" (PDF). DownBeat. May 16, 1968. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Las Vegas/Nashville" (PDF). Billboard. November 20, 1971. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Las Vegas/Nashville" (PDF). Billboard. May 6, 1972. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Las Vegas" (PDF). Billboard. December 8, 1973. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Las Vegas" (PDF). Billboard. November 3, 1979. Retrieved May 5, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ a b "Jimmy Mulidore". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
- ^ "Coast" (PDF). Record World. February 13, 1982. Retrieved July 30, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Weatherford, Mike (May 4, 2016). "New book tells the unsung story of Las Vegas musicians". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
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