Outstanding baritone saxophonist. In the 1940s, worked with several name bands, including Barnet, Goodman, Whiteman, Jimmy Dorsey and Artie Shaw. Did session work in the 1950s in New York, playing with most of the great jazz musicians of the era (Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Roy Eldridge, Gil Evans, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich and Quincy Jones, to name but a few). Was still active in the 1990s.