Jennifer Maidman
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ian Maidman |
| Born | 24 January 1958 |
| Origin | Upminster, England |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer, singer, author and editor |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar, piano, drums |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Associated acts | Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Joan Armatrading, Paul Brady, Boy George, Chris De Burgh, Murray Head, Kokomo, Gerry Rafferty, Terry Reid, Shakespears Sister, David Sylvian, Annie Whitehead, Robert Wyatt, Linda McCartney, The Proclaimers, Guesch Patti |
| Website | jennifermaidman |
Jennifer Maidman (formerly Ian Maidman, born 24 January 1958) is a British musician, singer, producer, and writer who has worked extensively with many well known groups and artists. Her work appears on numerous recordings from 1976 onwards. She was a core member of the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra from 1984 until 2007. She is best known as a bass guitarist but also sings and plays guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, ukulele, cuatro and Chapman Stick. In June 2016 her website announced that she is working on a solo album featuring amongst others, Jerry Marotta (ex Peter Gabriel), Annie Whitehead, and David Torn.
Maidman's first release was L-L-Lazy Days in 1976, as a writer member of the group Red Hot, signed to Phillips/Phonogram, and produced by Mutt Lange. In the late seventies Maidman also trained as a recording engineer, sometimes assisting John Burns at Escape Studios and notably recording and mixing Marc Bolan's 1976 hit single 'I Love to Boogie' at Decibel Studio, a track later featured in the film 'Billy Elliot'.
Maidman's work as a musician, producer or writer, has since featured on hundreds of recordings, working with artists including Joan Armatrading,David Sylvian,The Penguin Cafe Orchestra,Ian Dury, Shakespears Sister, The Proclaimers,Paul Brady, Sam Brown,Gerry Rafferty,Annie Whitehead, Robert Wyatt, Sniff 'n the Tears, Loudon Wainwright, and Murray Head amongst others.
Notable successes include the Shakespears Sister double platinum album 'Hormonally Yours', (which spawned the single 'Stay', number one in several countries and certified gold in the US), The Proclaimers' 'Letter from America' (certified gold), and producing Paul Brady's 'Back to the Centre' (featuring Eric Clapton and voted album of the year in Ireland) and the follow up 'Primitive Dance' (featuring Mark Knopfler). She co-wrote, arranged and recorded a number of songs with Boy George and Bobby Z (of Prince and the Revolution), which appeared on the albums 'Hi Hat' and 'Tense Nervous Headache' and went on to work again with Z on the album 'Gobe' by French artist Guesch Patti, on which she arranged and played all instruments. Maidman has also written for Sam Brown, Eurovision entrants Bardo, and Murray Head.
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