Jazz pianist/bandleader who worked with Louis Armstrong.
He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps with the cornet but it hurt behind the ears too much.
His piano playing is said to have shaped the future of Jazz.
Got married to wife Janie and divorced in 1980 after having their daughter, actress Janear Hines.
He moved to Chicago, where Jelly Roll Morton was making it the jazz capital.
