[1] He grew up in Chicago and learned to play violin before settling on trumpet as a teenager.
[1] His later credits include performing and recording with Johnny Hartman, Earl Hines, Jimmie Lunceford, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, B.B.
[1] He joined Ellington's band in October 1951 as lead trumpeter and stayed for a decade.
[1] He died of heart failure in Maria Regina Hospice in Stockholm on September 22, 2000.
[2] With The Young Swedes With Nappy Brown With Duke Ellington With Dizzy Gillespie With Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band With Johnny Hodges With Billy Taylor With Paul Gonsalves and Enrique Villegas