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 ...

Collette helped merge the black and white musicians' unions in L.A. and mentored many African American musicians. He was active in preserving and promoting L.A. jazz history. Buddy Collette, a ...

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 ...

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 ...