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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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Johnny Otis Presents Tanganyika
Jazz - Released by Johnny Otis World LLC on Sep 1, 1956
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Quartet & Quintet Sessions: 1956 - 1957
Jazz - Released by Jazz City Series on Apr 10, 2013
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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 Dec 31, 1899
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Essential Jazz Flute Collection
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on Jul 1, 2013
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Buddy Collette: The Complete 1961 Milano Sessions
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Feb 20, 2020
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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 Sep 24, 1996
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Now And Then
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Now Again Records on Jan 11, 1973
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Buddy Collette Plays Buddy Collette
Jazz - Released by EG Jazz on Jan 4, 2020
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Samba da Tartaruga
Jazz - Released by JB Production CH on May 9, 2015
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Jazz Heat Bongo Beat
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on Jan 1, 2011
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Bossa Nova
Latin America - Released by Inspired Studios on Jan 23, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo