He played with Roy Eldridge and Eddie Mallory in New York City in the 1930s, then worked as a sideman in the 1940s with, among others, Benny Carter, Don Byas, and Louis Armstrong.
He played with Roy Eldridge and Eddie Mallory in New York City in the 1930s, and appears on a 1943 Eldridge recording for Brunswick. He then worked as a sideman in the 1940s with, among others, Benny Carter, Don Byas, and Louis Armstrong.