Eleanor Collins, the first lady of Canadian jazz, dead at 104
Known as Canada's first lady of jazz, Eleanor Collins broke barriers by headlining her own national television series and worked with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Oscar Peterson.
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![Jazz singer Eleanor Collins performs with the Ray Norris Quintet in February 1951. A woman sings into a microphone in a black and white photo.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4915404.1709502150!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jazz-singer-eleanor-collins-archival-photo-1951.jpg)
Known as Canada's first lady of jazz, Eleanor Collins broke barriers by headlining her own national television series and worked with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Oscar Peterson.