Bandleader, songwriter (Minnie the Moocher, Are You Hep to That Jive?), composer, singer, actor and author, educated at Crane College. While studying law, he sang with the band The Alabamians, and took over the group in 1928. He led The Missourians orchestra, then organized and led his own orchestra, playing at hotels, theaters and nightclubs throughout the US, and making many records. He joined the cast of the touring company of Porgy and Bess, which performed across the USA and Europe betw ...[Read Story]
A Gift of Music
(1981)
"Madigan"The Midtown Beat
(1972)
"Kreisler Bandstand"
(1951)