Was a member of "Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars." Jazz
Drummer.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1996.
Jazz drummer.
His son Sidney Leon Catlett ( Washington 8 April 1948 - 3 November 2017 Atlanta) played high school basketball with James Brown and against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar . He worked for the Peace Corps and later for the Atlanta Hawks.