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Mel Collins

Mel Collins

Born: 1947-09-05 • 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.

Filmography
Richard Wright: Wet Dream poster
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
2023 • Saxophone
King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio poster
King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
2022
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 poster
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
2022
King Crimson: Rock in Rio poster
King Crimson: Rock in Rio
2019
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth poster
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
2019 • Himself
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City poster
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
2018 • Himself
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind poster
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
2016 • Saxes & flute
Camel - Moondances poster
Camel - Moondances
2007 • Himself
21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan poster
21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan
2003
Chris Rea - Rockpalast - Open-Air-Festival Loreley 1985 poster
Chris Rea - Rockpalast - Open-Air-Festival Loreley 1985
1985 • Sax
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983 poster
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
1983 • Saxophone