![]() ![]() Kooper agreed, as long as he was in charge musically. He did, however, find three players who wanted to work with him: bassist Jim Fielder, Blues Project guitarist Steve Katz, and drummer Bobby Colomby. He planned to pursue this in London, but a series of New York shows involving some big-name friends didn't raise enough money to get him there. An ex-member of the Blues Project, Kooper had been toying with the notion, growing out of his admiration for jazz bandleader Maynard Ferguson, of forming an electric rock band that would include horns and use jazz as the basis for their work. Blood, Sweat & Tears started as an idea conceived by Al Kooper in July of 1967. From their origins as a jazz-rock experiment that wowed critics and listeners, they went on - in a somewhat more pop vein - to sell almost six million records in three years, but ended up being dropped by their record label four years after that. No American rock group ever started with as much daring or musical promise as Blood, Sweat & Tears, or realized their potential more fully - and then blew it all as quickly.
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