[3] Kamuca stayed on the West Coast, playing with the smaller groups of Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, and others.

[2] Kamuca was a member of the group Shelly Manne and His Men from 1959 through 1962, when he returned East and settled in New York.

[2] Here he worked with Gerry Mulligan, Gary McFarland, and Roy Eldridge, before returning to the West Coast in 1972, where he recorded in the studios and performed with local groups.

Less well known to the general public than saxophonists like Stan Getz, who played in a similar Lester Young-derived style, Kamuca died of cancer, in Los Angeles, California, just before his 47th birthday.

[4] With Manny Albam With Chet Baker and Bud Shank With Chet Baker and Art Pepper With Herb Ellis and Jimmy Giuffre With Maynard Ferguson With Terry Gibbs With Woody Herman With Stan Kenton With Gary McFarland With Herbie Mann With Shelly Manne With the Modern Jazz Quartet With Mark Murphy With Shorty Rogers With Frank Rosolino With Zoot Sims With Cy Touff