 Over the years, he played for musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Nappy Lamare, and Eddie Condon.He also led his own band, "Riverboat Five", through Columbus, Ohio and Boston for several years, but for such endeavors he chose to refrain from playing the most popular east coast venues and nightclubs and instead played college campuses and other small venues.In the early 1950s Windhurst worked with Ruby Braff in one of the groups known as "Jazz at Storyville" in 1951.