Mel Collins
Biography
Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to 2021) and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project, Roger Waters and Chris Squire. He has also worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz.
Known For
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
Chris Rea - Rockpalast - Open-Air-Festival Loreley 1985
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
King Crimson: Rock in Rio
All Movies (11)
- Richard Wright: Wet Dream2023 · as Saxophone
- King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio2022
- In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 502022
- King Crimson: Rock in Rio2019
- King Crimson: Heaven & Earth2019 · as Himself
- King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City2018 · as Himself
- King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind2016 · as Saxes & flute
- Camel - Moondances2007 · as Himself
- 21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan2003
- Chris Rea - Rockpalast - Open-Air-Festival Loreley 19851985 · as Sax
- Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 19831983 · as Saxophone