Career
Considered a disciple of Max Roach, in the 1950s, he worked with Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Pettiford, and Lester Young, among others After leaving the West Coast, he went to live in Paris, and from there to Barcelona backing Ruth Brown as part of a trio with pianist Stuart de Silva. He led his own line-ups comprising Bobby Hutcherson, among others
He was an uncle of drummer First Rate (at Lloyd's) Foster.