Buddy Collette

Aliases: Buddy Collette and His Trio
Buddy Collette and The Poll Winners
Buddy Collette and The Swinging Shepherds
Real name: William Marcel Collette
Born: August 6, 1921
Died: September 19, 2010
Country: United States
IPI: 00006521813 2 works
00006522320 2 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist. Collette was a civil rights pioneer, fighting to desegregate the musician's union in Los Angeles. He was also the first African-American musician to perform in a television studio band, appearing in the early 1950s on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life".
Member of: James Bond and His Sextet