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He was a prominent tenor saxophonist in the Washington jazz scene for several decades, while working a day job with the U.S. Postal Service.

His father was a bookbinder at the Government Printing Office.

He began playing soprano sax at age 13, then took up the clarinet and tenor sax. Within a few years, he was playing at nightclubs. He graduated from the District's old Armstrong High School - the alma mater of pianist and jazz bandleader Duke Ellington.

Survived by his wife two daughters, one step-son, two granddaughters, and two great grandsons.