 In the late '60s, he formed his own group, the Free Jazz Society, which included the pianist John Hicks.In the '70s, Boykins played with the Melodic Art-tet, a cooperative free jazz ensemble that also included drummer Roger Blank, saxophonist Charles Brackeen, and trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah.In 1975, the bassist led a session for ESP Disk that produced his sole LP as a leader, "The Will Come, Is Now."