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Colosseum II: War Dance
by Glenn Astarita
Colosseum was established in 1968, following drummer Jon Hiseman--who sadly passed away in 2018 --and saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith's affiliation with Graham Bond's Organisation, and John Mayall's now historic Bluesbreakers collective. As history dictates these bands became proving grounds for artists such as guitarists John McLaughlin (Graham Bond) and Eric Clapton (Bluesbreakers) amid others notables too numerous in scope to cite here. And a similar storyline could be attributed to Colosseum where many fine musicians, including keyboardist Dave Greenslade (Greenslade) and ...
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