John Maxwell Collie (21 February 1931 – 6 January 2018) was an

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who plays

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. Born in

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, he played with several different jazz band before forming his own group, Max Collie's Rhythm Aces, in February 1966.1 They released their first record in 1971 and, in 1975, won a

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in traditional jazz against 14 North American jazz bands. Collie died in January 2018, at the age of 86.

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