Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993.
Jazz pianist.
Helped the cause of integration as a special added attraction of
Benny Goodman's band.
Was married to pianist and composer Irene Kitchings, who was influential in the career and musicianship of the legendary singer and
pianist, Carmen McRae.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume
Two, 1986-1990, pages 909-910. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1999.