Junior Collins
Addison Collins Jr. (April 17, 1927 – 1976) was an American French horn player.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Collins was a member of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force band,[1] and Claude Thornhill's orchestra,[2] he went on to play with Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan and was a member of the famous nonet that appears on Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool.[3]
References
- ↑ Grudens, Richard Chattanooga Choo Choo: The Life and Times of the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra Celebrity Profiles Publishing, 2004 ISBN 1-57579-277-X, 9781575792774 at Google Books
- ↑ Kirchner, Bill The Oxford Companion to Jazz Oxford University Press US, 2005 ISBN 0-19-518359-2 ISBN 978-0-19-518359-7 at Google Books
- ↑ "The Birth of the Cool" by Jeff Sultanof (Jazz.com)
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