About
Member of Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1946 to 1957. He has played jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet.
Before Fame
He performed with the Woody Herman band in the 1940s and the spinoff band, the Woodchoppers.
Trivia
He retired for fifteen years in Florida but went back to recording music while in his eighties.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Brooklyn.
Associated With
He recorded for Verve with many different artists, including Ray Brown.
