- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993.
- Jazz pianist.
- Helped the cause of integration as a special added attraction of Benny Goodman's band.
- Was married to pianist and composer Irene Kitchings, who was influential in the career and musicianship of the legendary singer and pianist, Carmen McRae.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 909-910. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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