American jazz trumpeter, born c. 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Played in Baltimore with Eubie Blake in 1915. In 1921-1922 in band lead by Leroy Smith, visited London with the Plantation Revue in 1923 and 1926. Worked in the USA with the Revue, then returned to Europe with Noble Sissle in 1929. From 1931 to 1934 worked in the Rhapsody in Blue show, then joined Lew Leslie's Blackbirds, and again returned to Europe in 1934.