- Composer ("Tuxedo Junction", "Nobody Met the Train"), saxophonist and author, educated at Alabama State Teachers College and saxophonist with the Erskine Hawkins orchestra for over twenty years. He joined ASCAP in 1952, and his chief musical collaborators included Erskine Hawkins and William Johnson. His other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "House Party", "Double Shot", "Zig-Zag", "Goin' Along", and "So Let It Be".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!
- Uncle of writer/director Julie Dash.
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