Mel Collins
Actor
- Born
- September 5, 1947 (age 79) · Isle of Man, United Kingdom
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
October 19, 2022
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
July 23, 1983
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
September 16, 2016
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
November 19, 2018
21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan
January 1, 2003
Camel - Moondances
February 6, 2007
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
June 7, 2019
King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
December 9, 2022
King Crimson: Rock in Rio
October 6, 2019
Richard Wright: Wet Dream (remixed & remastered)
October 20, 2023
Acting10
- 2023Richard Wright: Wet Dream (remixed & remastered) as Saxophone
- 2022King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
- 2022In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
- 2019King Crimson: Rock in Rio
- 2019King Crimson: Heaven & Earth as Himself
- 2018King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City as Himself
- 2016King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind as Saxes & flute
- 2007Camel - Moondances as Himself
- 200321 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan
- 1983Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983