Lee Collins (musician)

Leeds " Lee" Collins ( born October 17, 1901 in New Orleans, † July 3, 1960 in Chicago) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader of the New Orleans Jazz.

Lee Collins played as a teenager in his hometown of brass bands, such as The Young Eagles, The Columbia band and the Tuxedo Brass Band. In the 1910s he worked in New Orleans at the side of Louis Armstrong, Papa Celestin and Zutty Singleton. In 1924 he moved to Chicago, where King Oliver's in, he replaced Louis Armstrong band. He also played with Jelly Roll Morton before he returned to New Orleans at the end of the decade. There he joined 1929 with his band ( with Davey Jones) Jones - Collins Astoria Hot Eight, which he ran together with tenor saxophonist David Jones. In Jones ' and Collins band played Sidney Arodin among others, Al Morgan, Ted Purnell and Joe Robichaux. In 1929, she played the title a " Astoria Strut ", " Duet Stomp ," " Damp Weather Blues" and "Tip Easy Blues ". In 1930 he went to New York City, where he played in 1930 with Luis Russell; then he moved to Chicago. There he worked with Dave Peyton (1930 ), the Chicago Ramblers (1932 ), Johnny Dodds, and Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton, Mezz Mezzrow, Lovie Austin and Jimmy Bertrand ( 1945). Collins also worked as a sideman of many blues singers in the 1930s and 1940s and played in the nightclubs. After 1945 he led his own formation in the Victory Club in Clark Street in Chicago, took in 1946 with Mutt Carey and performed with the blues singer Chippie Hill ( 1946), Kid Ory (1948) and Art Hodes ( 1950-51 ) on. In 1951 he went with Mezz Mezzrow on tour in Europe, especially to France; In 1953 he worked in California at Joe Sullivan. The mid-1950s he retired due to illness back from the music scene.

Collins wrote the autobiography Oh Did not He Ramble, which appeared in 1974.

Writings

• Oh Did not He Ramble - The Life Story of Lee Collins as Told to Mary Colins. Edited by Frank J. Gillis and John W. Miner. Urbana, Chicago, London. University of Illinois Press. In 1974.