[1] Alvis began on drums but switched to tuba and bass after playing with Jelly Roll Morton in 1927–1928.
[2] After his period with Ellington, Alvis played with Benny Carter, Joe Sullivan, and Louis Armstrong (in whose ensemble he replaced Pops Foster).
[2] After the war, Alvis played with Dave Martin until 1947, and then took a longstanding run as a house musician at the Café Society nightclub in New York City.
[2] In the 1950s, he played in various swing and Dixieland revival groups, including Wilbur De Paris's.
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