Career
Waits never officially recorded as leader, however he was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach"s M"Boom percussion ensemble. He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul. In the late 1970s, Waits formed Colloquium III with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart.
He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989.
