Jazz musician. His comments about the jazz scene in Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-2000. His early interest in music; his first drum set; his first professional job with the Shorty Clements Band, 1953-57; college at Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Texas, 1957-60; his employment as a disk jockey in Cleburne, Texas, and Fort Worth; his definition of jazz; playing with the Charles Scott Band in Fort Worth during the 1970s; after-hours clubs in Fort Worth; jazz’s role in bringing together black and white musicians; comments about various jazz clubs and venues in Fort Worth; musicians unions; comments about the lack of full-time employment opportunities for jazz musicians in Fort Worth; comments about the Fort Worth jazz scene; peculiarities of Texas jazz and the “Texas Sound.”