About
Jazz artist who was active during the 1950s and 1960s, touring Australia with Benny Carter and working with names like Stan Getz and Charles Mingus.
Before Fame
He was a student at the University of Miami, from which he graduated in 1951 and moved to the West Coast.
Trivia
He formed his own trio with the respected Jimmy Bond and Frank Butler during the latter part of the 1950s.
Family Life
His personal life was even more obscure than his career.
Associated With
He chose obscurity after the 1960s, but recorded one final album devoted to Elmo Hope's music, titled Plays the Music of Elmo Hope, in 1991.
