American funk/soul/disco producer, composer, guitarist and bass player, from Philadelphia, MA.
Born ? - died January 2022.
Father of La' Trese.
For the Motown coordinator and executive-producer please use Tony Jones.
He was formerly the musical director for the R&B legendary vocal group Sister Sledge and then was a major musical contributor of the Sound of Philadelphia, as a staff songwriter, arranger and musician on numerous hit records. He worked with such artists as Nina Simone, Grover Washington, Jr., Norman Connors, Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Angela Bofield, Eartha Kitt, Ester Phillips, Sister Sledge, Sonny Stitt, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Larry Coryell, Big Mama Thornton, Ali Woodson, The Temptations, Tom Brown, Ronnie Laws, Edward Hawkins Tri-State Mass Choir, Pharaoh Sanders, Pacquito D'Rivera, Billy Paul, Edwin Star, Freda Payne, Martha Reeves, and many more.