Leeds "Lee" Collins (October 17, 1901 – July 3, 1960)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter.
[2] In the 1910s, Collins played in New Orleans alongside Louis Armstrong, Papa Celestin, and Zutty Singleton.
[1] Hemoved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1924, where he replaced Louis Armstrong in King Oliver's band.
After 1945, he led his own band at the Victory Club, on Clark Street in Chicago, and gigged with Bertha Hill (1946),[4] Kid Ory (1948), and Art Hodes (1950–1951).
[2] Collins wrote an autobiography, Oh, Didn't He Ramble, with the aid of his wife, Mary, which was originally published posthumously in 1974.