Real name: William Henry Graham

Effective period / Period of releases: 1952

American jazz saxophonist (alto and baritone), born September 8, 1918, Kansas City, Missouri.
He worked with, among others, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder, Herbie Fields, Erskine Hawkins and Dizzy Gillespie as a baritone saxophonist. He also had his own band and played on numerous R&B recordings, including those of Wynonie Harris, Joe Williams, and Little Willie John. In the 1960s he quit active touring and became a teacher in the New York City Public Schools system.