Mel Collins
Acting
September 5, 1947 (79 years old)
Isle of Man, United Kingdom
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Acting Credits
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
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
Saxophone
Camel - Moondances
Himself
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
Saxophone
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Saxes & flute
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
Himself
King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
Himself
Filmography
Richard Wright: Wet Dream
2023
as Saxophone
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
2022
7.2
King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
2022
King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
2019
as Himself
King Crimson: Rock in Rio
2019
King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
2018
as Himself
9.5
King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
2016
as Saxes & flute
8
Camel - Moondances
2007
as Himself
8
21 Century Schizoid Band live in Japan
2003
5
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
1983
as Saxophone
7.4