Burton L. Collins (March 27, 1931, New York City – February 23, 2007, Philadelphia) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

trumpeter. Collins was born in New York but raised in Philadelphia. He worked in the 1950s with

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

Urbie Green Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle. He played on over 250 recordings and released more than twenty albums a ...

, Neal Hefti,

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roo ...

, Elliot Lawrence, Johnny Richards, and Claude Thornhill. He relocated to New York again around 1960, where he played in Broadway orchestras and in ensembles with

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...

Albert Ayler Albert Ayler (; July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer. After early experience playing rhythm and blues and bebop, Ayler began recording music during the free jazz era of the 1960s. Ho ...

Jimmy McGriff James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. Biography Early years and influences Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McGriff started playing pia ...

, Blue Mitchell, Duke Pearson, and

Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist and record producer. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note Reco ...

, among others. He and Joe Shepley formed the group Collins-Shepley Galaxy in 1970, which recorded two albums, including a Lennon/McCartney tribute. Later the 1970s he worked with Urbie Green again as well as with

Janis Ian Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child, Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" an ...

(where he played the featured flugelhorn break on ''

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''),

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

and David Matthews, and played

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on T. Rex's album ''

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''. His other associations include work with Sal Salvador, Pat Moran,

Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert; March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s following her recording of the song " The Girl f ...

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...

, Manhattan Transfer,

Airto Moreira Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer, composer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a membe ...

Paul Desmond Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz. He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, " ...

, Eumir Deodato and

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...

. He played little after the 1970s, though he appeared on record with Loren Schoenberg in 1987.

Discography

With Manny Albam * ''Sophisticated Lady'' (Coral, 1958) * ''The Blues Is Everybody's Business'' (Coral, 1958) * ''The Soul of the City'' (Solid State, 1966) With

* ''Blues Groove'' (Capitol, 1956) * ''The Herd Rides Again'' (Everest, 1958) * ''The Fourth Herd'' (Jazz Legacy 1960) With O'Donel Levy * '' Breeding of Mind '' (Groove Merchant, 1972) * '' Dawn of a New Day'' (Groove Merchant, 1973) * ''

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'' (Groove Merchant, 1974) With David Matthews * ''Shoogie Wanna Boogie'' (Kudu, 1976) * ''Night Flight'' (Muse, 1977) * ''Dune'' (CTI, 1977) * ''Delta Lady'' (Electric Bird, 1980) With Duke Pearson * ''Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band'' (Blue Note, 1968) * ''Now Hear This'' (Blue Note, 1969) * '' I Don't Care Who Knows It'' (Blue Note, 1996) * '' It Could Only Happen with You'' (Blue Note, 1974) With Johnny Richards * ''Wide Range'' (Capitol, 1957) * ''Experiments in Sound'' (Capitol, 1958) * ''Walk Softly Run Wild'' (Coral, 1959) * ''My Fair Lady My Way'' (Roulette, 1964) * ''Aqui Se Habla Espanol'' (Roulette, 1967) With others *

, '' New Grass'' (Impulse!, 1969) * Aztec Two-Step, ''Two's Company'' (RCA Victor, 1978) *

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

, ''For Once in My Life'' (CBS, 1967) * Tony Bennett, ''Snowfall'' (Columbia, 1994) *

, ''Shape of Things to Come'' (A&M,/(CTI, 1968) * Luiz Bonfa, ''Jacaranda'' (JSR, 1998) *

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...

, ''Reality'' (Polydor, 1996) *

Artie Butler Arthur Butler (born December 2, 1942) is an American arranger, composer, songwriter, and session musician. In a long career, he has been involved in numerous hit records and other recordings, and has been awarded over 60 gold and platinum album ...

, ''Have You Met Miss Jones?'' (A&M,/(CTI, 1968) *

Cy Coleman Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. Life and career Coleman was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City, to Ashkenazi, Eastern European Jewish parents, an ...

, ''The Party's On Me'' (RCA Victor, 1976) * Al Jazzbo Collins, ''Presents Swinging at the Opera'' (Everest, 1960) *

Chris Connor Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009), was an American jazz singer. Biography Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Sh ...

, ''A Portrait of Chris'' (Atlantic, 1960) * Eumir Deodato, ''Deodato 2'' (CTI, 1973) *

, ''Summertime'' (A&M, 1969) * Bob Dorough, ''I'll Never Fall in Love Again'' (Music Minus One, 1970) *

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

, ''Something You Got'' (CTI, 1977) * Frank Foster, '' Manhattan Fever'' (Blue Note, 2007) *

, ''I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do'' (Verve, 1969) * Astrud Gilberto, ''September 17, 1969'' (Verve, 1970) *

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Green has been called one of the "most sampled guitarists." Biography Grant Green was born on June 6, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and ...

, '' The Main Attraction'' (Kudu, 1976) *

, ''Senor Blues'' (CTI, 1977) * Urbie Green, ''The Message'' (RCA 1986) * Dodo Greene, ''Ain't What You Do'' (Time, 1959) *

Slide Hampton Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombone, jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tub ...

, ''Two Sides of Slide'' (Fresh Sound, 1994) * Richard Groove Holmes, '' New Groove'' (Groove Merchant, 1974) * Cissy Houston, ''Think It Over'' (Private Stock, 1978) * Rhetta Hughes, ''Starpiece'' (Sutra 1980) *

, ''Stars'' (Columbia, 1974) * Janis Ian, ''Between the Lines'' (CBS/Sony, 1975) *

Garland Jeffreys Garland Jeffreys (born June 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter in rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul music. Career Jeffreys is from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, of African American and Puerto Rican heritage. He majored in art histo ...

, ''Ghost Writer'' (A&M, 1977) * Garland Jeffreys, ''I'm Alive'' (Universal, 2006) * J. J. Johnson, ''Say When'' (Bluebird, 1987) * J. J. Johnson, ''Broadway Express'' (RCA 2002) * Artie Kaplan, ''Confessions of a Male Chauvinist Pig'' (Hopi, 1972) *

, ''The Lee Konitz Nonet'' (Roulette, 1977) * Elliot Lawrence, ''Big Band Sound'' (Fresh Sound, 1991) * Elliot Lawrence, ''The Music of Elliot Lawrence'' (Mobile Fidelity, 1995) *

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to ma ...

, ''Le Jazz Grand'' (Gryphon, 1979) *

Mike Longo Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...

, ''Explosion'' (Consolidated Artists, 1999) * Trini Lopez, ''Transformed by Time'' (Birchmount 1978) * Jon Lucien, ''Premonition'' (Columbia, 1976) * Jon Lucien, ''Rashida'' (BMG, 1995) *

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, Swing music, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, Pop music, pop, and standards. They have won eleven G ...

, ''Jukin' '' (Capitol, 1975) *

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...

, ''Glory of Love'' (A&M, 1967) * Trade Martin, ''Let Me Touch You'' (Buddah, 1995) *

, '' The Big Band'' (Solid State, 1966) *

Barry Miles Barry Miles (born 21 February 1943) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subjects of the 1960s London underground and counterculture. He is the author of numerous books and his work has also regularly appeare ...

, ''Sky Train'' (RCA Victor, 1977) * Garnet Mimms, ''Has It All'' (Arista, 1978) * Blue Mitchell, '' Smooth as the Wind'' (Riverside, 1961) * Blue Mitchell, '' Heads Up!'' (Blue Note, 1968) *

, '' Free'' (CTI, 1972) * Milton Nascimento, ''Courage'' (A&M, 1969) *

David "Fathead" Newman David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s an ...

, '' Mr. Fathead'' (Warner Bros., 1976) * Ralfi Pagan, ''Ralfi'' (Fania/Discophon 1974) *

Houston Person Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Although he has performed in the hard bop and swing music, swing genres, he is most experienced in and best known for his work in soul jazz. He re ...

, ''Harmony'' (Mercury, 1977) *

Nat Pierce Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...

, ''The Ballad of Jazz Street'' (Zim, 1980) * Trudy Richards, ''Trudy'' (Musicor 1977) * Trudy Richards, ''Manhattan Serenade'' (Beekman Place, 1990) * Scarlet Rivera, ''Scarlet Fever'' (Warner Bros., 1978) * Vicki Sue Robinson, ''Vicki Sue Robinson'' (RCA Victor, 1976) * Vicki Sue Robinson, ''Never Gonna Let You Go'' (RCA Victor, 1976) * Bill Russo, ''School of Rebellion'' (Roulette, 1960) * Bill Russo, ''Seven Deadly Sins'' (Roulette, 1960) * Sal Salvador, ''You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!'' (Dauntless, 1963) *

John Sebastian John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964 with Zal Yanovsky. During his time in the Lovin Spoonful, Sebastian wrote and sang some of the ban ...

, ''John B. Sebastian'' (Reprise, 1970) *

George Segal George Segal Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as '' Ship o ...

, ''The Yama Yama Man'' (Philips, 1967) *

, ''Towering Toccata'' (CTI, 1977) * Loren Schoenberg, ''Time Waits for No One'' (Musicmasters, 1987) * Bobby Scott, ''Forecast: Rain with Sunny Skies'' (Columbia, 1978) * Bobby Scott, ''From Eden to Canaan'' (Sony, 1993) * Bob Shad, ''A 65-Piece Rock Workshop'' (Mainstream, 1973) * Marlena Shaw, ''Take a Bite'' (Columbia, 1979) *

Marvin Stamm Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter. Career Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the One ...

, ''Machinations'' (Verve, 1968) * Dakota Staton, '' I Want a Country Man'' (Groove Merchant, 1973) *

Jeremy Steig Jeremy Steig (September 23, 1942 – April 13, 2016)Peter Keepnews, "Jeremy ...

, ''Firefly'' (CTI, 1977) *

, '' Always Something There'' (Blue Note, 1968) *

Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and c ...

, ''Beyond Mobius'' (RCA Victor, 1976) *

Michael Zager Michael Zager (born January 3, 1943) is an American record producer, composer, and arranger of original music for commercials, albums, network television, and theme music for films. He teaches music at Florida Atlantic University. Zager was a m ...

, ''Life's a Party'' (Private Stock, 1979)

References

*"Burt Collins". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at ...

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