He have had a great admiration  and was  honored  regards and by  the major famous jazzmen like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Errol Garner, Bill Coleman, Sydney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong that he enjoyed above all,  and all the great french musicians… He was called the WHITE ARMSTRONG … So much it was an extraordinary trompetiste, but he was also a fabulous composer orchestrator – arranger…