Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Colosseum Title: Tomorrow's Blues Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Qrious Music Release Date: 9/7/2004 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock Styles: Blues Rock, Progressive, Progressive Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 723721036553 |
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Though Colosseum lasted only a little more than three years, producing five albums, they made a great impression on the blooming sub-genre of progressive rock. They broke onto the scene with the energetic jazz & blues-... more » |
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Album Description Though Colosseum lasted only a little more than three years, producing five albums, they made a great impression on the blooming sub-genre of progressive rock. They broke onto the scene with the energetic jazz & blues-influenced Those Who Are About To Die Salute You, with its unusual chord progressions and variant song structures, and then followed up with the epic Valentyne Suite. The title track of Valentyne Suite, a 17-minute composition, pushed keyboardist Dave Greenslade into the spotlight of progressive music. Drummer Jon Hiseman, on the other hand, gradually moved towards the jazz-fusion area. Now, six years after Colosseum II's Bread & Circuses, Jon Hiseman and his crew return to the arena. Their new album, Tomorrow's Blues, has everything needed to excite Colosseum fans: Jon Hiseman's refined hands-on drum work; the unique, rough blues voice of front man Chris Farlowe; Clem Clempson's fat guitar sound; Dave Greenslade's defining organ lines; Dick Heckstall-Smith's sparkling saxophone and, last but not least, Mark Clarke's subtle bass foundations. Tomorrow's Blues proves once again that Colosseum still have a great deal to give, and not only to connoisseurs of the antique arts! Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsBlues Done Right Kid Byron | Third Stone From the Sun | 03/28/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is a fantastic CD which features a group of very talented musicians. It is a blues-rock CD with heavy emphasis on the chops of all of the members of the band which features Dave Greenslade and Dick Hexstall-Smith. Not a weak cut can be found on this recording. If you like great blues-rock and phenomenal musicianship buy this CD without hesitation." Veterans play to strengths Noel A. Hodda | Sydney, Australia | 05/28/2010 (3 out of 5 stars) "A quick look over the Amazon pages reveals a criminal dearth of reviews for Colosseum albums and, at this point in time, this one is no exception with only one other review extant as I write this. Amongst certain other web-based reviews there is the feeling that this is one of their weaker albums, one that doesn't have the same weight as the albums from their short earlier period but I have to disagree. This is a more mature work, an album that carries the years of experience that the personnel have accrued since those early days. If you are looking for a carbon-copy of the earlier work you won't find it here and that's for the better. What you will find is a well-crafted album by a bunch of seasoned pros who have by no means lost their chops. This is no 'sit back and repeat the past' session in nostalgia. It is an original-voiced excursion into rock/blues by Jon Hiseman, Mark Clarke, Dave Greenslade, David ('Clem') Clempson, Chris Farlowe and the sadly departed Dick Heckstall-Smith. If I wanted anything more, it would be to hear more of Mr. Heckstall-Smith. This was to be his last Colosseum album before his sad demise and he doesn't feature enough. Whether that was because of his health at the time I don't know but his featured strong blowing is missed and that would be worth another star above. He's there, just not enough. Even so, this is an album, like all of the Colosseum oeuvre, worth checking out.
- Chris Farlowe / lead vocals - David 'Clem' Clempson / lead guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, backing vocals - Dick Heckstall-Smith / tenor, soprano, baritone saxophones - Mark Clarke / bass guitar, back vocals, vocals - Dave Greenslade / Hammond organ, grand piano - Jon Hiseman / drums, cymbals" |
