Only online reference found regarding his dates of birth/death: http://www.istitutoeuroarabo.it/DM/quando-la-musica-popolare-siciliana-conquisto-lamerica/. He was the clarinetist in a band called "I Quattro Siciliani", the four sicilians. Some of their recording can be found on youtube.
American citizenship likely considering he was published in New York and died there.