After World War II, he escaped the Soviet takeover of Hungary by fleeing through the mountains on foot into Austria.
[1] When American jazz musicians passed through, such as Oscar Pettiford and Lee Konitz, they persuaded him to move to the United States.
[1] One of his teachers was guitarist Jim Hall and his roommate was Ornette Coleman, who got him interested in free jazz.
[4] He performed with Tommy Flanagan and George Mraz in New York City three weeks before his death in 1998 in Townshend, Vermont.
[2] With Klaus Doldinger With Don Friedman With Hans Koller With Albert Mangelsdorff With Herbie Mann With Oscar Pettiford With others