sentences:  Some of his earliest recordings were done in the 1950s as a sideman for Amos Milburn and Ray Charles.In Houston in the early 1970s, he played in the Sonny Franklin Big Band with Tom Archia, Arnett Cobb, and his bandmate from the Ray Charles band, Joe Bridgewater, with guest appearances by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.Many of the band's arrangements were done by Cedric Haywood.