BillF

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Thanks for the link. I see the answer to my question is yes.

In that case, were there health/"lifestyle" problems that would account for his disappearance?

After a great deal of work with celebrated players in the later 50s, he disappeared off the scene, dying almost 30 years later in 1986. Did his playing, like that of other Bird bassists, Curly Russell and Tommy Potter, become outdated in the face of technically more accomplished bass playing styles?

Fortunately, the music doesn't match!