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and would later work with

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, and

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. His final recording was with

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. He neither smoked nor drank alcohol and was said to be health conscious. He had

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as a child and was from

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. In St. Louis he and

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were in high school band together.All About Jazz
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Discography

As sideman

With

* ''A Sense of Direction'' (New Jazz, 1961) * ''Plays Unity'' (Audio Fidelity, 1964) * ''Walt Dickerson 1976'' (Whynot, 1976) * ''Serendipity'' (SteepleChase, 1977) With others * Dave Burns, ''Dave Burns'' (Vanguard, 1962) *

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, ''Urge'' (Fontana, 1966) *

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, ''Blessed Ones'' (Criss Cross 2001) *

, ''Impressions of Coltrane'' (SteepleChase, 2009) *

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, ''Jazz: John Handy III'' (Roulette, 1962) * Ken McIntyre, ''Way Way Out'' (United Artists, 1963) *

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, ''The Night of Chamber Music'' (Moers Music, 1993)

References

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