About
Jazz guitarist who collaborated with bop and jazz artists like Sarah Vaughan, James Moody, and Donald Byrd.
Before Fame
He started out as a drummer in high school, but switched to piano on the advice of another noted pianist, Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Trivia
He came from the hometown of other jazz legends, like saxophonist George Coleman and trumpeter Booker Little.
Family Life
He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
Associated With
He worked with Miles Davis in 1963.
