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Akins initially learned the recorder. He attended Douglass High School in his hometown of Webster Groves, Missouri. In 1957, he moved to New York City to work as a musician, but in 1961 produced his first record when he was in Chicago, playing in the band of Bobby Bryant; he also was involved in recording the works of Groove Holmes (Swedish Lullaby, 1984). In 1968, he returned to his hometown, where in the years that followed, he performed with his own quartet and presented two albums under his own name, Alima and the St. Louis Connection. He also taught at the Faculty of Jazz Studies at Webster University. In the field of jazz, Akins was involved 1961-2012 to nine recording sessions. He died on October 2, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri.

He actually calls it a "tonette" not a recorder. He went to Douglass High School until the city integrated its schools in 1956, and graduated from Webster Groves High School [Sweet Hot and Blue]. Worked in New York as a musician between 1957 and 1968 [interview P-D obit].

Where does this come from: 1961 recorded w/ Bobby Bryant?