American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, born December 19, 1908 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died c. 1960 in South America.
Pratt moved to New York in childhood. He played with Bubber Miley in 1930, toured with King Oliver 1931-1932, then with Ralph Cooper's Kongo Knights. To Europe with Lucky Millinder in 1933. He settled in South America c. 1936.
He recorded with Freddy Johnson and his Harlemites and with Louis Armstrong.