Stewart, Jr., and the late William Stewart, Sr., who also played the saxophone, became the Hall's first father-son duo to be inducted together, said Jackie Stewart, Bill's Wife.

"It was really overwhelming for both of us," Jackie said.

Bill Stewart, 75, has been playing jazz for six decades.

The Columbus, Ohio native entered Dillard University in New Orleans in 1941, but quit two years later to tour the nation with his horn.

He toured with the Jay McShann Band, and later joined Jimmy Rushing, Benny Greene, Ike Day, Dorsey Donnigan and others, from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Bill, who moved to Oakland with his wife in the mid 1970s, has been likened to jazz luminary Charlie Parker.

"He plays so much like him," Jackie says of her husband. "Though Charlie Parker was very adept at creating his own sound, a lot of Bill's riffs sound like his."

"The elder Stewart, who was born in Columbus in 1900, played saxophone with a number of hit swing bands, including the Sammy Stewart Orchestra.

Several years ago Bill Stewart, Jr., joined Lavay Smith, whose debut CD, "One Hour Mama," has been a great success.

Bill, who recently returned from a four-gig performance in southern California, is not likely to hang up his horn anytime soon.

"No," Jackie Stewart says of retirement. "I've always told him: once a musician, always a musician. As the wife of a musician, it's nothing personal - but his horn is No. 1."