American jazz reed player (alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet and flute) born May 28, 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio, died April 17, 1992 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Herfurt played with Smith Ballew (1934), Dorsey Brothers (1934-1935; with Jimmy Dorsey 1935-1937, with Tommy Dorsey 1937-1939), Ray Noble, Alvino Rey, Benny Goodman (1946-1947), Earle Spencer (1946), Billy May, Louis Armstrong, Georgie Auld, Jack Teagarden, Stan Kenton, Ray Conniff and others. He also worked in Hollywood studio orchestras.