[78-L] Buddy Collette

[Taylor Bowie]

Thanks for posting this,  Cary...a great musician and a great gent.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 6:44 PM
Subject: [78-L] Buddy Collette


>
> Jazz musician Buddy Collette passed away on Sunday at the age of 89. He 
> was a great advocate for the rights of African American musicians in Los 
> Angeles. In 1953, Collette helped merge the then all-African American 
> musicians union Local 767 with the all-white Local 47. Collette was a 
> brilliant musician who played saxophone, clarinet, and flute. I did an 
> interview with him once when I was doing a radio program honoring Gerald 
> Wilson and Collette was marvelous to talk to; an elegant, well-spoken and 
> thoughtful gentleman (he reminded me of Benny Carter in that regard). 
> Collette served on the faculties of four local colleges and champiioned 
> the documenting of musicians in the Central Avenue area (the UCLA Oral 
> History Project, "Central Avenue Sounds"). He also integrated the Academy 
> Awards band and opened up many opportunities for black musicians in L.A. 
> As one of the his LP titles for Contemporary states, Buddy Collette was "A 
> Man of Many Parts."
>
> Here's his obituary in the L.A. Times.
>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/09/buddy-collette-la-jazz-musician-and-activist-dies-at-89.html
>
> Cary Ginell
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