HOUSTON—Huey Long, a jazz guitarist whose sprawling career included stints with musical giants Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and as part of the famed Ink Spots vocal group, has died. He was 105.

Long died Wednesday in a nursing home in Houston, surrounded by his daughter, Anita Long, and the female caregivers who often called him "Poppa," his daughter said Friday.

In his final moments, Long listened as his daughter sang melodies they once harmonized on, including the Ink Spot classics "If I Didn’t Care" and "I’ll Get By." During her rendition of "Amazing Grace," Long shed a single tear, his daughter said.

"Music was always a mainstay for him," said Long, who opened a museum in Houston dedicated to preserving her father’s musical legacy. "The music, that was his life. If it didn’t have to do with music, he wasn’t interested."

The Ink Spots, whose recordings included "My Prayer," "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Java Jive" and others later reinvented for newer generations, were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. They are often credited with having a direct influence on the evolution of doo wop groups and rhythm and blues.

Funeral arrangements are pending as Anita Long, whose savings went to support her father and the museum, seeks assistance for her father’s burial. In addition to his daughter, Long is survived by two sons, Rene and Shiloh Long, of San Jose, Calif.