 Nevertheless, Kirby kept trying to lead a group in clubs and in the studio, occasionally managing to attract such talents as Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Clyde Hart, Budd Johnson, and Zutty Singleton.As Kirby's career declined, he drank heavily and was beset by diabetes.After the war, Kirby got the surviving sextet members back together, with Sarah Vaughan as vocalist, but the reunion did not last.