Shad Collins

Lester Rallington " Shad " Collins (born 27 June 1910 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, † June 6, 1978 in New York) was an American jazz trumpeter of the swing.

Shad Collins grew up as the son of a clergyman. He first played with Charlie Dixon worked at the beginning of the 1930s when Eddie White, Chick Webb, Don Redman and Benny Carter from 1935 with Teddy Hill, with whom he toured in England and France in 1937 ( and with Django Reinhardt recorded ). In the late 1930s he was a member of the legendary band of Count Basie with Lester Young, with the created the recordings for Decca. In 1939 he played with James P. Johnson in the 1940s, he worked with Helen Humes, Sam Price, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, Al Sears, Eddie Heywood and cousin Joe. In the 1950s, Collins worked with Hot Lips Page, 1954 in Vic Dickenson Septet to then play with Sam Taylor; He also worked on numerous projects of Basie alumni such as " Basie's Bad Boys " with Lester Young, who with " Basie Reunion" and the Paul Quinichette album For Basie (1957).

Collins was also active as a composer and arranger; he composed the title of " Rock-A- Bye Basie ".

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