Background
He was born in Kansas City, United States.
conductor bandleader trumpeter jazz musician
He was born in Kansas City, United States.
He was one of the city"s most famous band leaders and led a band known as the Hottentots which included, at various times, the following musicians Tiny Davies (trumpet) formerly with The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Gene Ramey (string bass), Winston Williams (string bass), Bill Graham (alto sax) later with Count Basie and Ellington, Clifford Love, Eddie McClelland (tenor sax) & Clayborn Graves. After his death, he was for some time was interred in an unmarked grave until The Coda Jazz Fund paid for a headstone for him.