Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette | |
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Buddy Collette in 1985 Photo: Brian McMillen | |
Background information | |
Birth name | William Marcel Collette |
Born |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | August 6, 1921
Died |
September 19, 2010 89) Los Angeles | (aged
Genres | Jazz, West Coast jazz, cool jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, educator |
Instruments | Flute, saxophone, clarinet |
Labels | Contemporary, Challenge, Mode, EmArcy |
Associated acts | Chico Hamilton |
William Marcel "Buddy" Collette (August 6, 1921 – September 19, 2010) was an American jazz flautist, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Music career
William Marcel Collette was born in Los Angeles and raised in Watts. His father played piano and his mother sang.[1] He took up alto saxophone when he was 12. His first group included Britt Woodman on trombone and Charles Mingus on bass.[2] At 17 he started playing professionally.
After serving as a U.S. Navy band leader, he played with the Stars of Swing (Woodman, Mingus, and Lucky Thompson), Louis Jordan, and Benny Carter.[3]
In 1949, he was the only black member of the band for You Bet Your Life, a TV and radio show hosted by Groucho Marx. In the 1950s, he worked as a studio musician with Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, and Nelson Riddle. In 1955 he was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, playing chamber jazz flute with guitarist Jim Hall, cellist Fred Katz, and bassist Carson Smith.[1][4] He also taught, and his students included Mingus, James Newton, Eric Dolphy, Charles Lloyd, and Frank Morgan. He helped merge an all-black musicians' union with an all-white musicians' union.[1]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- Tanganyika (Dig, 1956)
- Man of Many Parts (Contemporary, 1956)
- Cool, Calm & Collette (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
- Everybody's Buddy (Challenge, 1957)
- Porgy & Bess (Interlude, 1957)
- Nice Day with Buddy Collette (Contemporary, 1957)
- Flute Fraternity (Mode, 1957) with Herbie Mann
- Aloha to Jazz (Bel Canto, 1957)
- Jazz Loves Paris (Specialty, 1958)
- Marx Makes Broadway, (VSOP, 1958)
- Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds (EmArcy, 1958)
- At the Cinema! (Mercury, 1959)
- The Polyhedric Buddy Collette (Music, 1960)
- Buddy Collette in Italy (Riccordi, 1961)
- The Soft Touch of Buddy Collette (Music, 1962)
- The Buddy Collette Quintet (Studio West, 1962) with Irene Kral
- The Girl from Ipenema (Crown, 1964)
- Warm Winds (World Pacific, 1964) with Charles Kynard
- Buddy Collette on Broadway (Survey, 1966)
- Now and Then (Legend, 1973)
- Block Buster (RGB, 1974)
- Flute Talk (Soul Note, 1988)
- Jazz for Thousand Oaks (UFO Bass, 1996)
- Live from the Nation's Capital (Bridge, 2000)
- Tasty Dish (Fresh Sound / Jazz Archives, 2004)
- Live at El Camino College (UFO Bass, 2006)[5]
As sideman
With Chet Baker
- Blood, Chet and Tears (Verve, 1970)
With Louis Bellson
- Music, Romance and Especially Love (Verve, 1957)
- Louis Bellson Swings Jule Styne (Verve, 1960)
With Brass Fever
- Brass Fever (Impulse!, 1975)
- Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
With James Brown
- Soul on Top (King, 1969)
With Red Callender
- Swingin' Suite (Crown, 1957)
With Conte Candoli
- Little Band Big Jazz (Crown, 1960)
With Benny Carter
- Additions to Further Definitions (Impulse!, 1966)
With June Christy
- Something Cool (Capitol, 1955)
- Ballads for Night People (Capitol, 1959)
With Nat King Cole
- L-O-V-E (Capitol, 1965)
With Miles Davis and Michel Legrand
- Dingo (Warner Bros., 1991)
With Sammy Davis, Jr.
- The Wham of Sam! (Reprise, 1961)
With Ella Fitzgerald
With Gil Fuller
- Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
With Ted Gärdestad
- Blue Virgin Isles (Epic, 1978)
With Jimmy Giuffre
- The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic, 1956)
With Chico Hamilton
- Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
- The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet (World Pacific, 1955 [1960])
- Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi (Pacific Jazz, 1956)
- Ellington Suite (World Pacific, 1959)
- The Three Faces of Chico (Warner Bros., 1959)
With Eddie Harris
- How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)
With Jon Hendricks
- ¡Salud! João Gilberto, Originator of the Bossa Nova (Reprise, 1961)
With Freddie Hubbard
- The Love Connection (Columbia, 1979)
With Quincy Jones
- Go West, Man! (ABC Paramount, 1957)
With Fred Katz
- Soul° Cello (Decca, 1958)
- Folk Songs for Far Out Folk (Warner Bros., 1958)
With Stan Kenton
- Kenton / Wagner (Capitol, 1964)
With Barney Kessel
- Easy Like (Contemporary, 1956)
- Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By (Contemporary, 1957)
- Carmen (Contemporary, 1958)
With Wade Marcus
- Metamorphosis (Impulse!, 1976)
With Les McCann
- Les McCann Sings (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
With Carmen McRae
- Carmen for Cool Ones (Decca, 1958)
- Portrait of Carmen (Atlantic, 1968)
With Charles Mingus
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
With Blue Mitchell
- Bantu Village (Blue Note, 1969)
With Lyle Murphy
- Four Saxophones in Twelve Tones (GNP, 1955)
With Oliver Nelson
- Zig Zag (Original Motion Picture Score) (MGM, 1970)
- Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
- Stolen Moments (East Wind, 1975)
With Dory Previn
- On My Way to Where (United Artists, 1970)
- Mythical Kings and Iguanas (United Artists, 1971)
- Dory Previn (Warner Bros., 1974)
With Don Ralke
- Bongo Madness (Crown, 1957)
With Buddy Rich
- This One's for Basie (Norgran, 1956)
With Little Richard
- Mr. Big (Joy, 1965 [1971])
With Shorty Rogers
- The Fourth Dimension in Sound (Warner Bros., 1961)
With Pete Rugolo
- The Music from Richard Diamond (EmArcy, 1959)
- Behind Brigitte Bardot (Warner Bros., 1960)
With Horace Silver
- Silver 'n Wood (Blue Note, 1974)
- Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)
- The Continuity of Spirit (Silverto, 1985)
With Frank Sinatra
- Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (Capitol, 1961)
- L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, 1984)
With Gábor Szabó and Bob Thiele
- Light My Fire (Impulse!, 1967)
With The Three Sounds
- Soul Symphony (Blue Note, 1969)
- Persistent Percussion (1960, Kent, KST 500)
With Mel Tormé
- Comin' Home Baby! (Atlantic, 1962)
With Stanley Turrentine
- Everybody Come On Out (Fantasy, 1976)
With Gerald Wilson
- You Better Believe It! (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
- Lomelin (Discovery, 1981)
With Nancy Wilson
- Broadway – My Way (Capitol, 1964)
With Red Norvo
- Ad Lib(Liberty, 1957)
References
- 1 2 3 Heckman, Don (21 September 2010). "Buddy Collette dies at 89; L.A. jazz saxophone player, bandleader". LA Times. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ Myers, Marc (2010-05-18). "Interview: Buddy Collette". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Buddy Collette | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Chico Hamilton | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ "Buddy Collette | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Further reading
- Jazz Generations: A Life in American Music and Society by Buddy Collette with Steven Iosardi (2000)