Leonard Caston Sr. was born in
Sumrall, Mississippi, United States, In 1940, Caston recorded his first solo record for Decca, "The Death of Walter Barnes", with
Robert Nighthawk on
harmonica. The Five Breezes disbanded in 1941, and Caston began playing in the Rhythm Rascals Trio with
Alfred Elkins and
Ollie Crawford. The group did
USO tours and in 1945 performed at a conference for
Dwight Eisenhower,
Bernard Montgomery, and
Georgy Zhukov. After the war, Caston recorded under his own name and with
Roosevelt Sykes and
Walter Davis and performed in many studio sessions. He also recorded again with Dixon as the Four Jumps of Jive and the Big Three Trio, playing in both groups with
Bernardo Dennis. Ollie Crawford joined this group soon after Dennis's departure. The Big Three Trio recorded for
Columbia Records and
Okeh Records. The Big Three Trio's last sides were recorded in 1952, but the group did not officially break up until 1956. Caston continued performing for decades afterwards, reuniting with Dixon to perform in 1984. Caston released an album, ''Baby Doo's House Party'', shortly before his death from
heart disease in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, in 1987. His son,
Leonard Caston, Jr., is an
R&B singer and songwriter, who sang with the
Radiants, and wrote songs for Motown Records, among other endeavors. ==References==