Real name: Henry James Wells

American jazz trombonist and singer, born 1906 in Dallas, Texas.
Worked with Jimmie Lunceford 1929-1935, Claude Hopkins 1932, and Cab Calloway. His association with Andy Kirk was interrupted by a period where he led his own big band, worked with Gene Krupa and Teddy Hill and served in the army. He recorded with Rex Stewart in 1946 and Sy Oliver in 1946-1948. In the 1960s he performed in California.