Long time Kansas City, Missouri area jazz bassist who performed in the Apollo Theater house band in New York in addition to playing with many local artists including George E. Lee, Count Basie and Charlie Parker.
APPEARANCES +
Art Blakey
L'Ascension Des Jazz Messengers
2019, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2)
Various
Uncompromising Expression
2014, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, Blue Note, 
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, Contemporary Jazz/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Vocal/Modal/Post Bop/Swing/Piano Blues
Art Blakey
Now's The Time
2007, CD, Album, Comp, Edel Records, ,
, Hard Bop
Various
Blues, Blues Christmas 1925 - 1955 (In The Blues, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie And Gospel Spirit)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Document Records (2), 
,
, Holiday/East Coast Blues/Chicago Blues
Art Blakey
Out Of Nowhere
2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania, 
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, Big Band/Vocal
Art Blakey & James Moody
Workshop
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Past Perfect Silver Line, ,
, Bop
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
1947-1950
2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11), 
,
, Swing
Kenny Dorham
The Complete Savoy Recordings - Plus Other Small Group Sessions
1999, CD, Comp, Definitive Records (2)
Andy Kirk And His Orchestra
1943-1949
1999, ,
, Swing/Big Band/Vocal
Sonny Kenner
Never Give Up On Love
1992, CD, Heart Be Records
Art Blakey
The Legend
1991, 
,
, Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
The History Of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
1991, ,
, Hard Bop
Art Blakey's Messengers*, James Moody & His Modernists*
New Sounds
1989, ,
, Bop
Joe Thomas
Jumpin' With Joe
1987, LP, Comp, Swingtime, Swingtime, 
,
, Rhythm & Blues
H-Bomb Ferguson With Varetta Dillard
Life Is Hard
1986, LP, Comp, Savoy Jazz
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Shorty's Got To Go
1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Jukebox Lil, 
,
, Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra
Let It Roll Again
1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Jukebox Lil, ,
, Rhythm & Blues
Various
The Shouters
1980, 
,
, Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Reuben Phillips
Manhattan 3:00 A.M.
1960, LP, Poplar Records, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Max Roach, James Moody, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey
New Sounds
1952, 10", Comp, Blue Note
Art Blakey And His Messengers* Featuring Ernest Thomson*
Groove Street / The Bop Alley
1948, Shellac, 10", Blue Note
Art Blakey And His Messengers* Featuring Orlando Wright (2) / Art Blakey And His Messengers* Featuring McKinley Durham*
Musa's Vision / The Thin Man
1948, Shellac, 10", Blue Note, ,
, Bop
Andy Kirk And His Orchestra And The Jubalaires
Get Together With The Lord / I Know
1946, Shellac, 10", Decca, ,
, Big Band/Vocal
Andy Kirk And His Orchestra And The Jubalaires
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You
1946, Shellac, 10", Decca, ,
, Big Band/Vocal