American jazz tenor and baritone saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, born 22 July 1924 in San Francisco, California, USA, died 9 August 2003 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Played with Jerry Wald 1950-1951, Woody Herman 1951-1953, Stan Kenton 1953-1954, again with Herman 1954; in the 1960s worked in studios (also as engineer), 1974-1977 in Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band