Burt Collins

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Burt Collins (born March 27, 1931 in New York City , † February 24, 2007 there ) was an American studio and jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn ).

Collins worked from the mid-1950s with Johnny Richards , Urbie Green and Woody Herman and The Swingin 'Herd ( Blues Groove ; 1956). In the 1960s he was a soloist with Lew Tabackin in the Duke Pearson Big Band. Around 1970 he formed the band Collins-Shepley Galaxy with trumpeter Joe Shepley , which recorded two albums, including a Lennon / McCartney tribute album. The band belonged u. a. also Michael Abene . Collins participated in 168 recording sessions in the field of jazz from 1956 to 2004, in addition to the aforementioned also with Blue Mitchell , Sal Salvador , Pat Moran , Jimmy McGriff , Stanley Turrentine , Albert Ayler ( New Grass ), Astrud Gilberto , George Benson , Manhattan Transfer , Airto Moreira , Paul Desmond , Eumir Deodato and Lalo Schifrin . Collins played with pianist David Matthews in the 1970s , appeared on the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar and can also be heard on the 1971 T. Rex album Electric Warrior . In 1977 he was a member of the Lee Konitz Nonett. Collins was also the author of textbooks on trumpet playing.

Publications

  • Music Minus One Trumpet: 18 Jazz Duets for Two Trumpets
  • Trumpet Duets in Jazz
  • Easy Jazz Duets for Two Trumpets and Rhythm Section

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Collins, Burt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American studio and jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn)
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2007
Place of death New York City