Buddy Collette
An important force in the Los Angeles jazz community, Buddy Collette was an early pioneer at playing jazz on the flute. Collette started on piano as a child and then gradually learned all of the woodwinds. He played with Les Hite in 1942; led a dance band while in the Navy during World War II; and then freelanced in the L.A. area with such bands as the Stars of Swing (1946), Edgar Hayes, Louis Jordan, Benny Carter, and Gerald Wilson (1949 and 1950). An early teacher of Charles Mingus, Collette became the first Black musician to get a permanent spot in a West Coast studio band (from 1951 to 1955). He gained his greatest recognition as an important member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955 and 1956), and he recorded several albums as a leader in the mid- to late '50s for Contemporary. Otherwise, he mostly stuck to the L.A. area, freelancing, working in the studios, playing in clubs, teaching, and inspiring younger musicians. Although a fine tenor player and a good clarinetist, Collette's most distinctive voice is on flute; he recorded an album with one of his former students, the great James Newton (1989). In addition, Collette participated in a reunion of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, and recorded a two-disc "talking record" for the Issues label in 1994, in which he discussed some of what he had seen and experienced through the years.
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Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Chico Hamilton, Buddy Collette, Gerald Wiggins
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Buddy Collette, Gerald Wiggins
Jazz - Released by Allegro on 31 Dec 1899
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Chico Hamilton Quintet and Buddy Collette (Remastered)
Chico Hamilton Quintet, Buddy Collette
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 27 Oct 2013
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Nice Day with Buddy Collette (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 4 Mar 2016
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Johnny Otis Presents Tanganyika
Jazz - Released by Johnny Otis World LLC on 1 Sep 1956
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Buddy Collette: The Complete 1961 Milano Sessions
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 20 Feb 2020
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Quartet & Quintet Sessions: 1956 - 1957
Jazz - Released by Jazz City Series on 10 Apr 2013
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Collette, Buddy: Tribute To Eric Dolphy (A) (Buddy Collette)
Buddy Collette, Joe Rosenberg, Rob Sudduth, Michael Silverman, Bobby Lurie
Jazz - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 24 Sep 1996
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Now And Then
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Now Again Records on 11 Jan 1973
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The Unreleased Sessions
Jazz - Released by Lone Hill Jazz on 1 Jan 2004
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Essential Jazz Flute Collection
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1 Jul 2013
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Nice Day with Buddy Collette
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 7 Feb 2022
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Buddy Collette Plays Buddy Collette
Jazz - Released by EG Jazz on 4 Jan 2020
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Samba da Tartaruga
Jazz - Released by JB Production CH on 9 May 2015
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Modern Interpretations: Porgy & Bess
Buddy Collette, The Poll Winners
Jazz - Released by Trunk Records on 22 Jun 2018
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The Essential Buddy Collette
Jazz - Released by The Jazz Corner on 25 Apr 2014
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Calm, Cool & Collette: Buddy Collette and His Quartet's Complete Sessions
Jazz - Released by Jazz City Series on 7 Feb 2013
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Polyhedric (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 4 Mar 2016
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Nice Day With Buddy Collette (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by RevOla on 2 Mar 2020
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