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Lee Collins (2)

American jazz and blues trumpeter, cornettist and bandleader Born 17 October 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: 3 July 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1910s he played in New Orleans with [a=Louis Armstrong], [a=Papa Celestin] and [a=Zutty Singleton]. 1924 he moved to Chicago and replaced [a=Louis Armstrong] in [a=King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band], In the 1930 he played with [a=Dave Peyton], [a=The Chicago Ramblers], [a=Johnny Dodds] and others. After 1945 he let his own band including gigs with [a=Chippie Hill] (1946), [a=Kid Ory] (1948), and [a=Art Hodes] (1950-51). With [a=Mezz Mezzrow] he toured Europe in 1951 and 1954 and played 1953 with [a=Joe Sullivan] in California. In the mid-1950s he retired due to illness.