[3] In his teens he discovered the music of Charlie Parker and began playing saxophone at nineteen, then clarinet and flute two years later.
[3] After serving two years in the U.S. Army, he attended the Boston Conservatory[1] where he studied with Gigi Gryce, Charlie Mariano, and Andy McGhee.
[3] He took oboe lessons in New York before playing with Bill Dixon, Jaki Byard, and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra.
[3] In 1971, he founded the first African American Music program in America at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, teaching for 24 years.
[4] McIntyre died of a heart attack in New York City, at the age of 69 on June 13, 2001.