Howard Collins

Biography

Howard Collins (born 1949) is a Welsh master of Kyokushin karate based in Sweden. He holds the rank of 8th dan (2015) and the title of Shihan. Collins learned directly from Masutatsu Oyama, founder of Kyokushin karate, and was a prominent competitor in world karate tournaments through the 1970s. He has been teaching his martial art since the 1960s, and has written several books on karate.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

  1963

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  The Original Mono Recordings

  2010

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  Mixed Bag

  1966

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  Album 1700

  1967

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  Through The Open Window (The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 1956-1963)

  2025

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  The Impulse Years

  1974

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  The Voice That Is!

  1964

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  Desafinado (Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba)

  1962

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  Burnin' Beat

  1962

Credited work

501 releases · 66 albums · active 1957–2025

• Performance · 517
• Other credits · 7
• Production · 1

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York · A&R Studios · Columbia Recording Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• John Lewis (2)
• Bob Dylan
• Milt Jackson
• Coleman Hawkins
• The Modern Jazz Quartet
• George Russell And His Orchestra
• Gene Krupa

Around the web

• Wikipedia