Results for "Mel Collins"

Mel Collins

Born: September 5, 1947

Mel Collins is a British saxophonist, flutist, and session musician, who was born on September 5, 1947, in Isle of Man, UK. He is best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Camel, as well as his collaborations with other prominent musicians.

Collins began his music career in the late 1960s, playing saxophone and flute in various bands and sessions. In 1970, he joined King Crimson as a session musician, playing on their landmark album "Lizard." He subsequently became a full-time member of the band for their next two albums, "Islands" and "Larks' Tongues in Aspic."

2014 NYC

By Robert Fripp

Label: Discipline Global Mobile
Released: 2026
Track listing: Introductory Soundscape; Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I); Pictures of a City; A Scarcity of Miracles; The Letters; The Sailor's Tale; The Hell Hounds of Krim; Red; Improv: Hoodoo; The Talking Drum; Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II); VROOOM; Coda: Marine 475; The Light of Day; 21st Century Schizoid Man.

King Crimson: 2014 NYC

by Glenn Astarita
August 21, 2026

For a band that reinvents itself every decade or so, King Crimson has always treated New York as something closer to a proving ground than a tour stop. The city runs through the group's history, from the 1969 Fillmore East debut through the Larks' era sendoff at Central Park in 1974, six nights at the Savoy ...

Red (50th Anniversary)

By Robert Fripp

Label: Panegyric Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Red; Fallen Angel; One More Red Nightmare; Providence; Starless.

Genius Loci 2024

by Neri Pollastri
October 24, 2024

Complesso Monumentale di Santa Croce Genius Loci 2024 Firenze 26-29 Settembre 2024 Per il settimo anno l'Opera di Santa Croce ha aperto gli spazi del meraviglioso complesso monumentale che circonda la basilica fiorentina per dar vita al caleidoscopico festival Genius Loci, due serate (e un'alba) di concerti, spettacoli ...

Patto, Una Mirabolante Avventura Senza Rete.

by Maurizio Comandini
February 4, 2022

Siamo alla fine degli anni sessanta, Mike Patto è un ragazzone inglese con una bella voce potente e ruvida, la musica lo affascina e capisce subito che non c'è miglior momento per iniziare una avventura esistenziale che profuma di rock e di jazz, senza dimenticare la vena blues di fondo che un giovane cantante incazzato non ...

Music is Our Friend: Live In Washington and Albany, 2021

By King Crimson

Label: Panegyric Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: CD1: Introductory Soundscape; The Hell Hounds Of Krim; Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part I; Pictures Of A City; The Court Of The Crimson King; Red; Tony Cadenza Deals It Slitheryacious-To-The-Max; Neurotica; One More Red Nightmare; Indiscipline.

CD2: Epitaph; Radical Action II; Level Five; Starless; 21st Century Schizoid Man; Tony Cadenza Serves It Piping Hot; Discipline; Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II; Islands.

King Crimson: Music is Our Friend: Live In Washington and Albany, 2021

by John Kelman
November 12, 2021

You probably know the old adage about assumptions. After seeing the current (slightly fluid) King Crimson lineup twice every time the perennially groundbreaking group made it to North American shores since 2014, with no Canadian dates available in 2021 and the COVID Delta variant running rampant across the United States, the decision was made to forego ...

Who Do You Think We Are?

by John Kelman
September 5, 2021

Trying to find a distinct definition of what has come to be known as “The Canterbury Sound" is as elusive as attempting to describe what, in the jazz world, has become an overused epithet for the German ECM Records label and “The ECM Sound." Attempts to do so usually fail short because, rather than being actual ...

Secrets & Lies

By Jakko Jakszyk

Label: Inside Out Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Before I Met You; The Trouble With Angels; Fools Mandate; The Rotters Club is Closing Down (a song for Pip); Uncertain Times; It Would All Make Sense; Secrets, Lies & Broken Memories; Under Lock & Key; The Borders We Traded; Trading Borders; Separation.