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Howard Collins
Howard Collins is credited on 403 releases across 66 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
403
Pressings credited
66
Albums
8
Decades active
214
In collections
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.
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Credited work
403 releases · 66 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 406
- Other credits · 7
- Production · 1
Studios: Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Church Of The Ascension, NYC · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1963

Mixed Bag
1966

Album 1700
1967

The Original Mono Recordings
2010

Through The Open Window (The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 1956-1963)
2025

The Impulse Years
1974

The Voice That Is!
1964

The Art Of The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Atlantic Years
1973

Desafinado (Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba)
1962

Burnin' Beat
1962
Frequent collaborators
- John Lewis (2)
- Various
- Coleman Hawkins
- Bob Dylan
- Milt Jackson
- George Russell And His Orchestra
- The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Richie Havens
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