[2] He got his start playing in parade brass bands in New Orleans at the beginning of the 1920s.

[2] He toured with the territory band of Alphonse Trent in 1925,[1] then played with Troy Floyd at the Shadowland Ballroom in San Antonio from 1926 to 1929.

[2] Albert led his own territory bands out of Texas in the 1930s and 1940s, with sidemen that included Alvin Alcorn, Louis Cottrell, Jr., and Herb Hall.

[2] His bands played in Mexico and Canada, and won positive reviews from newspapers, but recorded only eight sides.

[2] He disbanded this group around 1937 due to economic conditions, and found work in civil service and managing a nightclub called the Keyhole Club in San Antonio in the early and mid-1940s; his club was shut down in 1948 by local authorities.