About
Member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and co-founder of the Heath Brothers.
Before Fame
He started becoming musically active before being drafted, but took up bass after he returned; he attended the Granoff School of Music and his career flourished.
Trivia
He released his first album as a bandleader, A Love Song, when he was eighty years old.
Family Life
He was survived by his wife June and their three sons.
Associated With
He worked in Dizzy Gillespie's group early on in his career.
