Jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, piano and organ player, born c. 1915 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Worked with Fats Waller and Hot Lips Page before joining Al Cooper And His Savoy Sultans in 1939. With Ella Fitzgerald's orchestra 1940-1941, formed own band in Hawaii in 1945, then own band at Pershing Lounge in Chicago from 1946. Ran own restaurant in Chicago during 1960s, playing piano and organ,
APPEARANCES +
Copper Dogs
The Balvenie Maltings Sessions
2014, 2xLP, Album, Not On Label
Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald
The Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions (1934-1941)
2013, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, RM, Mosaic Records (2), 
,
, Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Various
The Best Small Jazz Bands (1936-1955)
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, 
,
, Bop/Rhythm & Blues/Swing
Ella Fitzgerald
Romance And Rhythm
2006, 4x CD Slim Box, 
,
, Swing/Vocal
Various
1941
2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),
Chick Webb
Strictly Jive
1999
Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
1997, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, 
,
, Swing
Ella Fitzgerald
Lo Mejor
1996
Ella Fitzgerald
Sing Me A Swing Song
1995, CD, ,
, Vocal/Bop/Swing
Fats Waller
The Indispensable Fats Waller - Volumes 5/6 (1936-1938)
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing
Jabbo Smith
The Complete 1929/1938 Sessions
1993, 2xCD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2), ,
, Swing/Big Band
Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans*
1938-1941
1993, CD, 
,
, Swing
Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces*
1929-1938
1992
Ella Fitzgerald
1940-1941
1992, CD, ,
, Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Jabbo Smith
Volume Two 1929 - 1938
1990, LP, Comp, Retrieval
Various
Jazz Potpourri Volume Three (20 Collector Items 1933-1947)
1987, LP, Album, Comp, Meritt Record Society, ,
, Swing
Al Cooper And His Savoy Sultans
Jump Steady
1983, LP, Comp, Affinity, ,
, Swing
Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans*
Jumpin' At The Savoy 1938-1941
1981, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records
Various
Red White & Blues (Women Sing Of America)
1980, LP, Comp, Rosetta Records, Rosetta Records, ,
, Piano Blues/Swing/Big Band
Various
The Swinging Small Bands Vol. 1 (1937-1939)
1980
Fats Waller And His Rhythm*
Complete Recordings Volume 13 (1937/1938)
1974, LP, Comp, RCA
Various
The Swinging Small Bands 3 (Trumpets In Action 1935-1940)
1974, LP, Comp, MCA Records, ,
, Swing
Fats Waller
African Ripples
1969
Ella Fitzgerald
Senhora Seja Bondosa = Lady Be Good / Não Posso Deixar De Amar Esse Homem = Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
1963, Shellac, 10", Decca, 
,
, Vocal/Swing
Jabbo Smith And His Orchestra
Absolutely / How Can Cupid Be So Stupid
1938, Shellac, 10", Decca, ,
, Swing
Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra
Good Old Bosom Bread / He's Pulling His Whiskers
1938, Shellac, 10", Decca, ,
, Big Band
Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra
Old Man Ben / Down On The Levee (Levee Lullaby)
1938, Shellac,
Various
Peter Asschenfeldt's Jazz And Blues Club Volume 5
LP, Comp, ART (3)
Various
Jazz Makers 38-40
LP, Comp, Swaggie Records, 
,
, Swing
Fats Waller
Rare Fats Waller (16 Previously Unreleased Performances)
Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans*
Jumpin' At The Savoy 1938-1941