Joyce Collins

An excellent pianist/vocalist located in the LA area who in addition has been a favorite jazz educator, Joyce Collins was using the Frankie Carle music group (1954) and with Oscar Pettiford (1955) before settling in LA. She worked frequently with Bob Cooper on the Lighthouse in the past due ’50s and documented a trio record for Riverside in 1960. Collins toured European countries and Mexico with her trio, gigged with Benny Carter, documented using the Gene Estes Big Music group (1969), and toured with Paul Horn in 1969, but provides mostly proved helpful locally including in the studios. She performed and documented with Costs Henderson and led record periods for Breakthrough (1981) and Audiophile (1990).