An important force in the Los Angeles jazz community, Buddy Collette was an early pioneer at playing jazz on the flute. Collette started on piano as a child and then gradually learned all of the woodwinds. He played with Les Hite in 1942; led a dance band while in the Navy during World War II; and then freelanced in the L.A. area with such bands as the Stars of Swing (1946), Edgar Hayes, Louis Jordan, Benny Carter, and Gerald Wilson (1949-1950). An early teacher of Charles Mingus, Collette became the first black musician to get a permanent spot in a West Coast studio band (1951-1955). He gained his greatest recognition as an important member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955-1956), and he recorded several albums as a leader in the mid- to late '50s for Contemporary. Otherwise, he mostly stuck to the L.A. area, freelancing, working in the studios, playing in clubs, teaching, and inspiring younger musicians. Although a fine tenor player and a good clarinetist, Collette's most distinctive voice is on flute; he recorded an album with one of his former students, the great James Newton (1989). In addition, Collette participated in a reunion of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, and recorded a two-disc "talking record" for the Issues label in 1994, in which he discussed some of what he had seen and experienced through the years.
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Source : http://www.allmusic.com/artist/buddy-collette-p6318/biography
Buddy Collette
Tasty Dish
Tracks
1 Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson, Kahn) 2:36
2 Fall Wind (Collette) 5:18
3 I'll Remember April (DePaul, Raye, Johnson) 2:19
4 Tasty Dish (Collette) 5:41
5 I Still Love You (Collette) 3:26
6 Mrs. Potts (Wright) 3:20
7 You Better Go Now (Graham, Reichner) 3:34
8 Orlando Blues (Collette) 4:37
9 Soft Touch (Collette) 3:46
10 Old School (Wright) 4:46
11 Debbie (Shreve) 3:57
2 Fall Wind (Collette) 5:18
3 I'll Remember April (DePaul, Raye, Johnson) 2:19
4 Tasty Dish (Collette) 5:41
5 I Still Love You (Collette) 3:26
6 Mrs. Potts (Wright) 3:20
7 You Better Go Now (Graham, Reichner) 3:34
8 Orlando Blues (Collette) 4:37
9 Soft Touch (Collette) 3:46
10 Old School (Wright) 4:46
11 Debbie (Shreve) 3:57
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Personnel
[# 1-3]
[# 1-3]
Buddy Collette - as & fl
Dick Shreve - p
John Goodman - b
Bill Dolney - dr
Recorded at the "Stars of Jazz" TV Show in Hollywood ; November 19, 1956
[# 4-7]
Buddy Collette - ts, cl & fl
Howard Roberts - g
Gerald Wiggins - p
Eugene Wright - b
Bill Richmond - dr
Recorded at Radio Recorders Studio ; Hollywood, May 14, 1957
[# 8-11]
Buddy Collette - ts, cl & fl
Dick Shreve - p
Eugene Wright - b
Bill Richmond - dr
Recorded same place as above, May 15, 1957