Background
Dawud came from Antigua and Barbuda, taking lessons from his father, a trumpeter who played in marching bands. His mother was a singer who accompanied himself on piano.
Dawud came from Antigua and Barbuda, taking lessons from his father, a trumpeter who played in marching bands. His mother was a singer who accompanied himself on piano.
Dawud also learned banjo and pipe organization He had his further education in the United States at a high school and music school he experienced in the United States, came as the end of the 1930s to New New York Because of the support of the Barrymore Foundation, he first took the stage name Barrymore Rainey.
After studying at the Juilliard School in 1940, he played with Tiny Bradshaw, Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, Roy Eldridge with further swing orchestras.
In the second half of the 1940s and again in 1956 he was a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, performing with in 1957 at the Newport Jazz Festival.