 In the mid-1950s he played briefly with Louis Armstrong and recorded as a leader with the Jambalaya Four (1953), then became the house drummer at Jazz, Ltd. in Chicago ("where he played with everyone from Billie Holiday to Art Hodes") before returning to New Orleans once again in the 1960s.There he played with Louis Cottrell, Jr., the Dukes of Dixieland, and the Onward Brass Band (1968).In 1969 he appeared at the New Orleans Jazz Festival.