John Collins
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American jazz guitarist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Elbert Collins was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of the Nat King Cole trio. Career A native of Alabama, Collins grew up in Chicago. When he was fourteen, her performed with his mother, Georgia Gorham, who was a jazz pianist. At twenty-one, he played with Art Tatum in the 1930s, followed by Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Carter. At the end of the 1930s, he started playing electric guitar.
