OBITUARY: Remembering William Marcel "Buddy" Collette

By c: Ed Hamilton Saxophonist and flautist Buddy Collette brought color to white TV game show orchestras, before Martin Luther King fought for civil rights in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. He paved the way for the hiring of musicians of color into all-white TV and film orchestras: m: Clark Terry, m: J.J. Johnson, m: Count Basie, m: Quincy Jones, m: Benny Golson, m: Oliver Nelson and, in this millennium, m: Kevin Eubanks, m: Ernie Fields, Ricky Minor, and m: Ralph Moore can all pay homage...

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