Real name: Wellman Breaux

Jazz double bassist
born 25 January 1891 in St. James Parish, Louisiana
died 29 October 1966 in Los Angeles, California.

1917 he moved to Chicago, played with Charlie Elgar (1920-22) and toured Europe. 1927-35 he was in Duke Ellington And His Orchestra. He was a member of The Spirits Of Rhythm (1935-37) and recorded with Jelly Roll Morton (1939-1940) and Sidney Bechet (1940-1941). Later he recorded again with Duke Ellington (1944 and 1961), with Bunk Johnson (1947) and Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band (1956)