projekct one jazz cafe suite versus live at teh jazz cafe

In 2006 a band member on Die Harald Schmidt Show. and the subsequent tour and in 1988 again with Daniele in the album ’’ Bonne Soirée’’ and the subsequent tour. He worked again with Waters in 1987, appearing on both the album Radio K.A.O.S.

In 1986 he was a musician on the animated film When the Wind Blows.

That same year, he also appeared on the album Songs From The Big Chair by Tears for Fears, playing saxophone on 'The Working Hour'. He toured again with Waters on a second leg of the 'Pros and Cons' tour. In 1985 Collins was part of the supergroup 'Willie and the Poor Boys' appearing in their video with Bill Wyman and Jimmy Page. In the same year, Mel Collins toured with Roger Waters to support the album The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. In 1984, Mel Collins played saxophone in Pino Daniele’s album ’’ Musicante‘’, having previously toured with the Neapolitan blues man. His solo was recorded in England at the Wessex Studios. In 1983, Collins played the saxophone solo on the hit single ' Private Dancer', the title cut on Tina Turner's album by the same name. He was one of the members of Kokomo with Tony O'Malley, Neil Hubbard, Paddy McHugh, Frank Collins, Dyan Birch, and Alan Spenner, and is a frequent performer with Tony O'Malley. He played on the Crimson Jazz Trio's second album, The King Crimson Songbook, Volume Two, released in 2009.Ĭollins played the saxophone solo on The Rolling Stones 1978 hit single, ' Miss You', and played with Dire Straits on their live album, Alchemy. For King Crimson he was Ian McDonald's replacement, playing on the Lizard (1970), Islands (1971) and Earthbound (1972) albums, and was a session musician on the In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) and Red (1974) albums. He was a member of progressive rock bands King Crimson, Camel, and The Alan Parsons Project. His mother was a singer while his father was a saxophonist and session musician who toured with Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey.Ĭollins has worked with a large number of notable recording artists, including 10cc, Alexis Korner, Alvin Lee, Clannad, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, Pino Daniele, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Roger Chapman, Marianne Faithfull, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters Gerry Rafferty, Tears for Fears, Go West and Joan Armatrading. Collins was born into a family of musicians.

Projekct one jazz cafe suite versus live at teh jazz cafe