- Jazz musician.
- Played on 225 albums.
- Great tenor saxophonist nicknamed the "little giant" because of his height and the fact that he could play with the best, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Art Blakey.
- Taught, at Chicago's DuSable High School, by Captain Walter Dyett, whose pupils included Nat "King" Cole and Dinah Washington.
- Married twice, one son: John IV, three daughters twins Ingrid and Joanna, Cynthia.
- Cousin of Johnny Pate.
- Friends with Kenny Clarke.
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