Cal Collins

Aliases: The Cal Collins Quartet
The Cal Collins Quintet
Real name: Calvin Collins
Born: May 5, 1933
Died: August 27, 2001
Country: United States
Comments: Collins initially played bluegrass mandolin professionally in the 1950s. After serving in the military, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he began playing jazz guitar.
Member of: Concord Super Band

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Covers by Cal Collins

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	A Child Is Born	Cal Collins	1978	Richard Davis
i	After Hours	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i	All the Things You Are	Cal Collins	1980	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i	An Affair to Remember	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Unverified
i	A Sleepin' Bee	The John Bunch Quartet with Cal Collins	1978	Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i	Autumn in New York	Cal Collins	1981	J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
i	Azure	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
	Baby, Baby All the Time	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	The Nat King Cole Trio REC, Buddy Rich and His Orchestra REL
i	Bags' Groove	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	The Milt Jackson Quintet
i	Bernie's Tune	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i	Bernie's Tune	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i	Bésame mucho	Cal Collins, Herb Ellis	1981	Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL
i	Blue Bossa	The John Bunch Quartet with Cal Collins	1978	Joe Henderson [US1]
i	Blue Prelude	Cal Collins	1978	Casa Loma Orchestra
	Body and Soul	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i	Broadway	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	But Beautiful	Cal Collins	1981	Bing Crosby
i	By Myself	Cal Collins	1980	Jack Buchanan
i	Castle Rock	Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio	1985	Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i	Close Your Eyes	Cal Collins	1978	Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
i	Come Sunday	Cal Collins	2001	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i	Deep in a Dream	Cal Collins	1978	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
	Deep Purple	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Dick Todd with Orchestra
i	Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Cal Collins	1979	Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i	Easy Living	Cal Collins	1978	Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i	Exactly Like You	Cal Collins	1978	Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i	Falling in Love with Love	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Muriel Angelus
i	Favella	Cal Collins	1984	Pedrinho Rodrigues
i	For All We Know	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i	Fred	Cal Collins	2001	Boots Randolph
i	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	Cal Collins	1984	(unknown)
	How About You?	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Cal Collins	1978	Bobbe Arnst
i	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Bobbe Arnst
i	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)	Cal Collins	1981	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Bing Crosby
i	If	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Bread
i	I Fall in Love Too Easily	Cal Collins	1978	Frank Sinatra
i	If I Had You	Cal Collins	1978	The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i	If I Should Lose You	Cal Collins	2001	Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i	I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good	Cal Collins, Herb Ellis	1981	Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i	I Hear a Rhapsody	Cal Collins	1978	Mary Healy
i	I'll Be Seeing You	Cal Collins, Herb Ellis	1981	Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
	I'll Remember April	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
	I'll Remember April	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	Ill Wind	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i	I Love You, Samantha	Cal Collins	1979	Bing Crosby
i	Imagination	Cal Collins	1979	Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i	I'm Getting Sentimental over You	Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio	1985	Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
i	I'm Through with Love	Cal Collins	1984	Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry
	Inside a Silent Tear	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Blossom Dearie
i	In Your Own Sweet Way	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Miles Davis REC, Dave Brubeck REL
i	I Surrender Dear	Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio	1985	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
	It Could Happen to You	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	I've Got the World on a String	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i	Jumpin' at the Woodside	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Just Friends	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i	Laura	Cal Collins	1978	Alfred Newman
i	Let's Get Away from It All	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines, Frank Sintra & The Pied Pipers
i	Limehouse Blues	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i	Limehouse Blues	Cal Collins, Herb Ellis	1981	Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
	Little Girl Blue	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
	Lush Life	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
	Makin' Whoopee!	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	Marie	Cal Collins	1979	The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
i	Milestones	Cal Collins	1984	Miles Davis
	Moonlight Becomes You	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	More Than You Know	The John Bunch Quartet with Cal Collins	1978	Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
	More Than You Know	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	My Favorite Things	Cal Collins	1984	Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
i	My Gal Sal	Cal Collins	1981	Byron G. Harlan
i	My Melancholy Baby	Cal Collins	1979	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i	My Old Flame	Cal Collins	1978	Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
	My Old Flame	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	Night Mist Blues	Cal Collins	2001	Ahmad Jamal
i	No Greater Love	The John Bunch Quartet with Cal Collins	1978	Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i	No Moon at All	Cal Collins	1980	The King Cole Trio
i	On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe	Cal Collins	1981	Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
i	People Will Say We're in Love	Cal Collins, Herb Ellis	1981	Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
i	Pieces of Dreams	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Johnny Mathis
i	Poor Butterfly	Cal Collins	1981	Elizabeth Spencer
i	P.S. I Love You	Cal Collins	1980	Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
i	Rifftide	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Coleman Hawkins' Orchestra
i	Route 66	Cal Collins	1980	The King Cole Trio
i	Ruby	Cal Collins	1979	Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
i	Skylark	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i	Skylark	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i	Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise	Cal Collins	1979	William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i	Soft Winds	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Benny Goodman Sextet
i	Sometimes I'm Happy	Cal Collins	1978	The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
	Sophisticated Lady	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Boswell Sisters
i	So What	Cal Collins	1978	Miles Davis
i	Stairway to the Stars	Cal Collins	1980	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i	Stella by Starlight	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i	Sunrise, Sunset	Cal Collins	1980	Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova and Chorus REL,PRF
i	Sweet and Lovely	Cal Collins	2001	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i	Sweet Sue	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i	The Gentle Rain	Cal Collins	2001	Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato
i	The Gypsy	Cal Collins	1980	Jack Payne with His Orchestra (Vocalist: Jane Lee)
	The More I See You	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	The Nearness of You	Cal Collins	1980	Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
	There's a Small Hotel	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	The Touch of Your Lips	Cal Collins	1978	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i	Tickle Toe	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	'Tis Autumn	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
i	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
i	Until the Real Thing Comes Along	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i	Wabash Blues	Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio	1985	Isham Jones Orchestra
i	Warm Valley	Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio	1985	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
	We'll Be Together Again	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
i	What Is This Thing Called Love	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Elsie Carlisle
i	What Is This Thing Called Love?	Cal Collins	1980	Elsie Carlisle
i	When Lights Are Low	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
i	When Sunny Gets Blue	Cal Collins	1981	Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i	Where Are You?	Cal Collins	1980	Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
i	Willow Weep for Me	Cal Collins	1978	Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
	You Always Hurt the One You Love	Ron Enyard, Paula Owen with Cal Collins, Ed Felson (Paula Owen, Cal Collins)	2006	Unverified
	Young and Foolish	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Billy Fields REL, David Daniels and Gloria Marlowe PRF
i	You're My Everything	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL

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Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Blues on My Mind	Cal Collins	1979	Concord Jazz
By Myself	Cal Collins	1980	Concord Jazz
Cal Collins in San Francisco	Cal Collins	1978	Concord Jazz
Cincinnati to L.A.	Cal Collins	1978	Concord Jazz
Crack'd Rib	Cal Collins with the Steve Schmidt Trio	1985	Mopro Records
Cross Country	Cal Collins	1981	Concord Jazz
Interplay	Cal Collins, Herb Ellis	1981	Concord Jazz
Just Friends	Cal Collins & Frank Vincent	1986	Mopro Records
Milestones	Cal Collins	1984	Pausa Records
Mist of a Memory	Larry Kinley with Cal Collins and Frank Vincent	1989	Love Records [NY]
Ohio Boss Guitar	The Cal Collins Quintet	1978	Famous Door
Ohio Style	The Cal Collins Quartet	1991	Concord Jazz
Slick Funk	The John Bunch Quartet with Cal Collins	1978	Famous Door
That Was Good!	Cal Collins	2001	R&L
Tour De Force	Al Cohn, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Cal Collins, Jake Hanna, Bob Maize, Dave McKenna	1982	Concord Jazz

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