Jimmy Maelen
Credited as Jim Maelen
Percussionist in the 1960s-1980s, born March 26, 1940 and died on 14 January 1988 from leukemia.
In less than a decade he had played on hundreds of albums, including Roxy Music, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor (2), Alice Cooper (2), John Lennon, The Jacksons and Talking Heads. During the golden years of the disco era he worked with the remix team of Michael Barbiero and John Luongo.
Barely out of Junior High School, his first group was a doo-wop street corner quintet called The Velons. By the early sixties, he had become an excellent percussionist, playing almost exclusively with Latin bands around New York.