Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
September 5, 1947 (age 78)
Place of Birth
Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Mel Collins
Biography
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
Film
Camel - Moondances
Himself
2007
Film
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
Saxophone
1983
Film
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
2022
Film
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
Himself
2018
Film
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
Saxophone
2023
Film
King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
2022
Film
Chris Rea - Rockpalast - Open-Air-Festival Loreley 1985
Sax
1985
Film
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Saxes & flute
2016
Film
King Crimson: Rock in Rio
2019
Film
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
Himself
2019
Film
21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan
2003
Filmography
2023FilmRichard Wright: Wet Dreamas Saxophone2022FilmKing Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio2022FilmIn the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 502019FilmKing Crimson: Rock in Rio2019FilmKing Crimson: Heaven & Earthas Himself2018FilmKing Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico Cityas Himself2016FilmKing Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mindas Saxes & flute2007FilmCamel - Moondancesas Himself2003Film21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan1985FilmChris Rea - Rockpalast - Open-Air-Festival Loreley 1985as Sax1983FilmDire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983as Saxophone