Albert Richard Jazzbo Collins (b. January 4, 1919, Rochester, New York — d. September 30, 1997, Marin County, California) was an American disc jockey, radio personality and recording artist, composer who was briefly the host of NBC television's Tonight show in 1957.
ALBUMS
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Al "Jazzbo" Collins Tells Fairy Tales For Hip Kids
2008, CD, Comp, Él
Al Jazzbeaux Collins* & Slim Gaillard
Steve Allen's Hip Fables
1983, 
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, Story
Al Jazzbo Collins
A Lovely Bunch Of Al Jazzbo Collins And The Bandidos
1967
Al Jazzbo Collins
Presents Swinging At The Opera
1960
Al Collins*
Prehistoric Hop
1959, 7", Single, Dot Records
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Max
1956
Alan Freed, Steve Allen (3), Al Jazzbo Collins And The Modernaires With George Cates' Out Of Spacers*
The Space Man / Jazzbo's Theory
1956
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
East Coast Jazz Scene - Vol. 1
1956,
Henry "Red" Allen - Cozy Cole - Charlie Shavers Narrations: Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Jazz At The Metropole Cafe
1956
Kenny Clarke, Arnold Goldberg, Al Collins*
Spotlight On Percussion
1955
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Little Hood Riding Red (Little Red Riding Hood)
1954
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Invention Of The Airplane / Discovery Of America
1953, Shellac, 10", Single, Capitol Records
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Little Red Riding Hood / Three Little Pigs
1953
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Invention Of The Airplane / Discovery Of America
1953, Vinyl, ,
, Story/Spoken Word/Cool Jazz
Al "Jazzbo" Collins*
Jack And The Beanstalk / Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
1953, Vinyl, ,
, Story/Spoken Word/Cool Jazz
Al Jazzbo Collins Y Pablo Savedra
The Hip Nite B-4 Xmas Pt.1 / The Hip Nite B-4 Xmas Pt.2
7", Single, idongotoshowyounostinkinbadges
Mel Tormé, Frances Faye, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Russell Garcia And His Orchestra, Al Jazzbo Collins
The Complete George Gershwin Porgy And Bess
, Musical
Various
In The Purple Grotto
1961
APPEARANCES +
Don Shirley
Tonal Expressions + Piano Perspectives, Duo With Bassist Richard Davis
2025, CD, Blue Moon (4)
Gigi Gryce
Doin' The Gigi
2011, CD, Album, Uptown Records (2), ,
, Hard Bop
Charlie Shavers
Horn O' Plenty
2005, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz
Coleman Hawkins
The Stanley Dance Sessions
2005, 
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, Swing
Billy Taylor Trio With Earl May / Percy Brice
Billy Taylor Trio With Earl May/Percy Brice
2003, ,
, Bop
David Grisman Quintet
DGQ 20
1996, 3xCD, Album, Acoustic Disc, ,
, Progressive Bluegrass
The Lew Anderson Big Band
Feelin' Good, Yeah
1989, CD, Album, Sovereign Records (3), ,
, Big Band
Alan Freed
...And This Is Rock 'N' Roll
1985, LP, Comp, Silhouette Music, ,
, Rock & Roll
Cal Tjader
Solar Heat
1968
The Incredible Jimmy Smith*
Peter And The Wolf
1966, Vinyl, ,
, Soul-Jazz
Joe Bushkin, Marty Paich
Night Sounds San Francisco
1966, ,
, Swing/Easy Listening
The Music Company
Rubber Soul Jazz
1966, Vinyl,
Cal Tjader
Breeze From The East
1964, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Cool Jazz/Easy Listening
The Incredible Jimmy Smith*
The Cat
1964
Gerry Mulligan
Butterfly With Hiccups
1964, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Cool Jazz
Unknown Artist
The Sound Of The City
1962, 7", EP, Mono, KSFO
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
1962
Finger Lake Five
Live At Town Hall: 9/9/1960
1960
Ray Draper
A Tuba Jazz
1960
Mat Mathews And His Orchestra*
Come Travel With Me...To, Austria, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy Mexico, Rumania, Russia, Spain, The U.S.A.
1959
Charlie Shavers With Maxine Sullivan
The Complete Charlie Shavers With Maxine Sullivan
1957
Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
1956
Joe Derise
Joe Derise
1956
Don Shirley
Piano Perspectives, Volume 2
1955, 2x7", EP, Cadence (2)
Don Shirley
Tonal Expressions Volume 2
1955, 2x7", EP, Cadence (2)
The Smith-Glamann Quintet*
Poinciana
1955
Charlie Parker
The Genius Of Charlie Parker
1955
Don Shirley
Piano Perspectives
1955
The Melrose Avenue Conservatory Chamber Music Society
Blow Cool
1955
Charlie Shavers
Horn O'Plenty
1955
The Billy Taylor Trio*
A Touch Of Taylor
1955
Herbie Fields And His Sextet And The Melrose Avenue Conservatory Chamber Music Society
Blow Hot - Blow Cool
1955, Vinyl, ,
, Swing/Cool Jazz
J. Lawrence Cook
Popular Favorites On The Player Piano
1955
Urbie Green
Blues And Other Shades Of Green
1955
Ruth Price
My Name Is Ruth Price . . . I Sing!
1955
Red Allen* – Cozy Cole – Charlie Shavers
Jazz At The Metropole Cafe (Volume 1)
1955, Vinyl, ,
, Bop/Dixieland
Donald Shirley*
Tonal Expressions
1955, Vinyl Rockaway Pressing,
Marian McPartland
At Storyville / At The Hickory House
1955, ,
, Swing
Paul Quinichette, Benny Green*, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman*, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones*, Sir Jonathan Gasser
Jazz Studio 1 Volume I - Tenderly
1954, 2x Vinyl, 
Paul Quinichette, Benny Green*, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman*, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones*, Sir Jonathan Gasser
Jazz Studio One Part 2
1954
Paul Quinichette, Benny Green*, Frank Foster, Joseph Newman*, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke, Edward Jones*, Sir Jonathan Gasser*
Jazz Studio 1
1954
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy (Volume I)
1952, 10", Album, Mono, Atlantic, ,
, Bop
Alan Freed
A Hundred Years Of Rock 'N' Roll
2021, CD, Comp, Mono, Bear Family Records
Various
Down At The Ugly Men's Lounge Vol. 4
2019, 10", Comp + CD, Comp, Roof Records
Various
Beat Scene - Jack Kerouac, his contemporaries and influences
2010, CD, Comp, Él
Various
Sounds Of The Fifties - Laughter On The Air
2004, 3xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest, 
,
, Novelty/Parody
Various
Out Of This World Flying Saucers
2004, CD, Comp, Concert Products
Various
The Dee Jays Volume One - On The Air
2003, CD, Concert Products
Various
The Best Of The Beat Generation
2002, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2), ,
, Spoken Word/Poetry/Comedy/Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
Out Of This World Flying Saucers &Other Stuff Too
1995, CD, Comp, Live Gold Productions
Various
Rock Hop Bop
1982, LP, Comp, MCA Records, 
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, Rock & Roll
Various
The Party's Not Over Yet
CD, Album, Comp, Smplr, Rock 'n' Roll Records (6), ,
, Rock & Roll
Various
Jazz (Not Just) For Kids
10xCD, Comp + Box, The Intense Media
Miles Davis
Rare Unreleased Broadcasts
CD, Comp, Unofficial, Yadeon, 
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, Bop/Hard Bop
