sentences:  His career started in 1940 when he became a member of Lionel Hampton's band, and he played on Hampton's hit "Flying Home".In 1947, he took over for Oscar Moore in the Nat King Cole Trio.He then briefly replaced Charlie Smith, a drummer, in the Oscar Peterson Trio, producing a lineup (piano, guitar, bass) similar to the Cole Trio's; the substitution of a guitarist for a drummer continued until 1958.