Born: May 30, 1927, Denison, Texas.
Education: Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1943-45; UCLA, 1945, 1979-81.
Spouses: Joseph Stone, two children; Everett Edwards; Leslie Milton, two children.
Played trumpet with the following:
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham
Scatman Crothers
Darlings of Rhythm
Eric Dolphy
Duke Ellington
Dizzy Gillespie
Wardell Gray
Hollywood Sepia Tones
Frank Morgan
Hubert "Bumps" Myers
Charlie Parker
Queens of Swing
Sweethearts of Rhythm