Composer, arranger, clarinetist, and saxophonist, he was influential in the cool jazz movement. "Four Brothers" was his bebop-inflected composition and arrangement for Woody Herman's Second Herd in 1947, and he was a member of the Lighthouse All-Stars in the early 1950s. His composition, "That's the Way It Is," is an example of cool jazz. Composer, arranger, clarinetist, and saxophonist, he was influential in the cool jazz movement. "Four Brothers" was his bebop-inflected composition and arrangement for Woody Herman's Second Herd in 1947, and he was a member of the Lighthouse All-Stars in the early 1950s. His composition, "That's the Way It Is," is an example of cool jazz.