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Melvyn Desmond "Mel" Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins is perhaps best known for his work in progressive rock, having been a member of King Crimson on two separate occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to the present day) and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project and Chris Squire. He has also worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz. ==Career== Collins was born in a family of musicians. His mother was a singer while his father was a saxophonist and session musician who toured with Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey. Collins has worked with a large number of notable recording artists,〔(Collins: Answers.com ) Retrieved 15 Jan 2011〕 including 10cc, Alexis Korner, Clannad, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Roger Chapman, Marianne Faithfull, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters〔(Collins with the Rolling Stones ) Retrieved 15 Jan 2011〕 Gerry Rafferty, Tears For Fears, Go West and Joan Armatrading. He was a member of progressive rock bands King Crimson, Camel, Caravan and The Alan Parsons Project. For King Crimson he was Ian McDonald's replacement, playing on the ''Lizard'', ''Islands'' and ''Earthbound'' albums, and was a session musician on the ''In the Wake of Poseidon'' and ''Red'' albums. He played on the Crimson Jazz Trio's second album, ''The King Crimson Songbook, Volume Two'', released in 2009. Collins played the saxophone solo on The Rolling Stones 1978 single, "Miss You",〔("Miss You" – Rolling Stones ) Retrieved 29 August 2008〕 and played with Dire Straits on their live album, ''Alchemy''. 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. In 1984, Mel Collins toured with Roger Waters to support the album ''The Pros and cons of hitch-hiking''. In 1985 Collins was part of the Willie and the Poor Boys video and toured again with Waters on a second leg of the 'pros and cons' tour. That same year, he also appeared on the album ''Songs From The Big Chair'' by Tears for Fears, playing saxophone on the song ''The Working Hour''. In 1986 he was a musician on the animated film ''When the Wind Blows''. He worked again with Waters in 1987, appearing on both the album Radio K.A.O.S. and the subsequent tour. In 2006 a band member on ''Die Harald Schmidt Show''.〔(Collins: IMDb ) Retrieved 15 Jan 2011〕 On 13 April 1997 Collins was interviewed by Chris Groom at the Half Moon in Putney. He talked about his life, and times in music.〔(Collins interview on ETWiki ) Retrieved 15 Jan 2011〕 From 2002–07 Collins has been a member of the King Crimson "revival" group 21st century Schizoid Band, with other former Crimson members. In May 2008 Kokomo was reformed temporarily. With Collins were Tony O'Malley, Neil Hubbard, Mark Smith, Adam Phillips, Andy Hamilton, Paddy McHugh, Dyan Birch, Frank Collins, Bernie Holland, and Glen Le Fleur. Collins played woodwinds on the 2011 King Crimson ProjeKct 7, ''A Scarcity of Miracles'', appearing on a King Crimson related album for the first time since 1974. In September 2013, Robert Fripp confirmed that Mel Collins would be a member of King Crimson again, the band being referred to as King Crimson VIII. Collins was also a member of Pete Haycock's reformation of the Climax Blues Band in 2013, prior to Haycock's death in October 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mel Collins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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