About
Drummer who played with Louis Armstrong and who toured with Armstrong's All Stars Band and contributed to many of his recordings.
Before Fame
He formed his own band, The Hawaiian Dixieland All-Stars, which toured in Japan and the Hawaiian islands.
Trivia
He was the drummer on both of Armsrong's seminal hits "Hello, Dolly!" and "What a Wonderful World."
Family Life
He was born in the sugar plantation community of Waipahu in Hawaii. He and his wife Dee had two daughters.
Associated With
He played on Armstrong's 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers," which inspired the 2001 movie by the same name, starring Gina Philips.
