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Dick Collins

Born: July 19, 1924

Hubert Fol: Bebop Minstrels

January 23, 2019

French musicians in Paris were among the first in Europe to catch on to bebop's nuances in the mid-1940s. Which is somewhat remarkable, considering what France went through during World War II. Among the Parisian musicians first to pioneer bebop was Hubert Fol, an alto saxophonist and bandleader. Now, a collection of Fol's leadership sides for ...

Dick Collins: Hidden Treasure

December 6, 2011

Trumpeter Dick Collins had a gorgeous sound in the '50s. Like trumpeters Don Fagerquist and Doug Mettome, Dick had a lyrical quality to his playing that was part brass, part vocalist. Dick's note choices on solos often roamed in just the right places, punctuating distinctly as he ran up and down chords. And Dick always managed ...

Interview: Dick Collins (Part 2)

June 9, 2010

In the 1950s, Dick Collins was one of those rare trumpeters with a gorgeous round sound and smart, simple ideas. Both qualities made him ideally suited for the big bands of Woody Herman and Les Brown--orchestras in the 1950s that focused as much on style and sensitivity as on power and swing. Dick could effortlessly roll ...

Interview: Dick Collins (Part 1)

June 8, 2010

In the big band era of the 1950s, the jazz trumpeter was perhaps the most important musician of all in an orchestra, along with the band's drummer, of course. The first trumpet was the section's leader and set the tone for the horns. But the third chair, or jazz trumpet, had the solos and gave a ...

Dick Collins: Horn of Plenty

September 25, 2009

The beauty of jazz is that there's always a great musician you've never heard of lurking in the e-bins of online jazz stores. One of these fabulous phantoms was trumpeter Dick Collins, whose horn had a pert, lyrical sound that wasn't too hot or too cool. During the 1950s, Collins recorded as a sideman with various ...

The Nat Pierce-Dick Collins Nonet / The Charlie Mariano Sextet

By Charlie Mariano

Label: Original Jazz Classics
Released: 1956
Track listing: Drop The Other Shoe; I'll Never Be The Same; Honey Baby; Easy Living; Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now; Some Of These Days; Blue Lester; The King; Come Rain Or Come Shine; My Friend Ethel; After Coffee; Trouble Is A Man; Let's Get Away From It All; The Thrill Is Gone; The Nymph;