US organist and pianist
He was born September 22, 1933 in Asbury Park, N.J. and died December 4, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA.
As a child actor, he appeared in 22 films in the 1940s. As a grown up he focused on music and played an important role in evolving the special West Coast sound, inlcluding his groovy organ soul jazz on various [l43116] releases. His most active recording time were the 1960s. He never really retired and played live till 2007.