American jazz saxophonist (tenor), composer and bandleader (born July 07, 1930 in Eastman, Georgia - died : May 30, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Played with : Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Doug Watkins, Kenny Dorham, Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelly, Sonny Clark, Philly Joe Jones, among others.
He recorded more than thirty albums as a leader, from 1955 to 1972, always accompanied by jazz musicians of the first order.