The Graham Bond Organization was an English R&B–beat combo that released the 1965 Columbia albums The Sound of ’65 and There’s a Bond Between Us. The members, distinguished by their jazz-crossover pedigrees, achieved virtuoso status on their respective instruments. Bassist Jack Bruce went over to Manfred Mann and relinked with drummer Ginger Baker in the […]
Ginger Baker’s Air Force was an English jam-rock big band, formed by drummer Ginger Baker after serving in the Graham Bond Organization and the supergroups Cream and Blind Faith. Air Force released two albums in 1970 on Atco and Polydor. The first, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, is a live double-album with Steve Winwood and Ric […]
A Story Ended is a 1972 album by English double-saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith, recorded with fellow Colosseum alumni and released on Bronze. Tracklist: A1. “Future Song” (4:07) A2. “Crabs” (5:12) A3. “Moses in the Bullrushourses” (3:40) A4. “What the Morning Was After” (5:31) B1. “The Pirate’s Dream” (11:12) B2. “Same Old Thing” (6:32) Credits: Dick Heckstall-Smith […]
