American barrel house and jazz pianist.
Born: October 15, 1920.
Died: February 2016 (age of 95) in Boynton Beach, Florida.
He played from the mid-1940s with Ella Fitzgerald and in1947 with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. He played on many records as a session player including on such great recordings as The Chordettes version of "Mr. Sandman", Del Shannon's "Runaway", and Frank Sinatra's "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" and "This Town".