Robert Kim Collins • play • sing • teach • write
Music
Performing with many different professional ensembles in the
Santa Barbara area
and throughout
Southern California,
For any occasion from informal house parties to large venue concerts,
Kim is connected with a group that fits perfectly.
Variety is the Spice of Life...
• For over 35 years Kim has delighted in performing with his wife and music partner, stellar Jazz pianist and internationally published author Debbie Denke
• For over 30 years he has directed, arranged for, and sung with a favorite
SB area holiday caroling group, The Santa Barbara Noël Carolers
• For several years now, he's been having a ball with the exciting Gypsy Jazz band The Idiomatiques, a rollicking good time sure to give you your happy fix!
The Santa Barbara Noël
Carolers have been a
holiday mainstay in SB
for a quarter century.
Anyone looking to bring
the joy of the season to
their event need look no
further! In a variety of
costumes, the quartet
makes any party a fun-
filled festive occasion.
In the style of Django Reinhardt, the legendary Belgian guitar innovator from the first half of the 20th century, Kim's band THE IDIOMATIQUES plays Gypsy Jazz and Hot Swing, both traditonal and
modern. Please enjoy this finely captured video of our original composition
"Sado Manouche"