Addison Collins Jr. (April 17, 1927 – March 14, 1976) was an American French horn player.

Background

Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Collins was a member of

Glenn Miller Alton Glen Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band founder, owner, conductor, composer, arranger, trombone player and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Arm ...

's Army Air Force band, and Claude Thornhill's orchestra. He later played with Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, and the nonet featured on Miles Davis' '' Birth of the Cool''."The Birth of the Cool"
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1927 births 1976 deaths American jazz horn players 20th-century American musicians United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II {{US-brass-musician-stub