page_title: Mel Collins
hierarchical_section_title: Mel Collins
caption_attribution_description: Mel Collins &#8211; British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. A still taken from an Acabashi filmed and authored HD video of a Kokomo performance at Barnes Rugby Club. Video still edited in Photoshop CS2.
context_page_description: Melvyn Desmond Collins is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.
  Collins is perhaps best known for his work in progressive rock, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project and Chris Squire. He has also worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz.
context_section_description: Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.
  Collins is perhaps best known for his work in progressive rock, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to the present day) and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project and Chris Squire. He has also worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz.
caption: Mel Collins playing with Kokomo live at Barnes, London on 17 May 2008.
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