Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Member of:
The Playhouse Four

Associated Acts:
Stanley Turrentine
Charles Mingus
Lou Donaldson
Booker Ervin
Al Harewood
George Tucker
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Johnny Griffin
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Dexter Gordon
Red Mitchell
Frank Foster
MichaƂ Urbaniak

Genres:
Jazz
Hard Bop

Did You Know:
He had polio as a child and his right hand was virtually crippled