Los Angeles Jazz legend Buddy Collette died Sunday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center at the age of 89. Collette was a jazz saxophonist, flautist and band leader who fought for the rights of African ...

Jazz multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette, the Central Avenue veteran who led the movement to merge L.A.’s racially segregated musicians unions and broke the studio color line, died Sept. 19 in Los ...

01. A Taste of Fresh Air (Collette) - 4:02; 02. Pickford Street (Collette) - 4:17; 03. Skater for Mater (Collette) - 3:27; 04. Blues (Collette) - 5:56; 05. Orfeo Negro (Bonfa) - 2:32; 06. Blues for ...

This is Kevin Roderick with LA Observed for KCRW. Jazzman Buddy Collette was born in Watts in 1921, making him 89 when he died this month. Imagine how different Los Angeles was then, especially for an ...

William Marcell “Buddy” Collette has never been one to toot his own horn, but at 84 he’s making plenty of noise. A cornerstone of L.A.’s Central Avenue jazz scene during the ‘40s and ‘50s, the Watts ...

Buddy Collette could play just about every reed and woodwind instrument proficiently. As a result, the West Coast musician was called often by studio contractors and session leaders for pop and jazz ...

Musicians throughout Southern California will pay tribute tonight to one of L.A.’s jazz masters – Buddy Collette. He died in Los Angeles last month at age 89. The concert at Hollywood’s Catalina Bar ...

The recent death of L.A. jazz great Buddy Collette has produced some wonderful reminiscences about his musicianship and the important role he played in smashing Hollywood's musical race barrier. For ...

LOS ANGELES - Buddy Collette, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who played important roles as a musician and an advocate for the rights of African American ...

Buddy Collette, the legendary jazz musician and Los Angeles native who died here on Sunday at 89, "both profited from and contributed to the rich midcentury jazz scene along Los Angeles' Central ...