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During the end of the '60s and the start of the '70s, Blood, Sweat and Tears fused a rock & roll rhythm section to a horn section, and held out the promise of a jazz - rock fusion that could storm the pop charts. B S & T was organized in New York in 1967 out of the remnants of The Blues Project by keyboard player / singer Al Kooper (b.Feb. 5, 1944, Brooklyn, NY) and guitarist Steve Katz (b.Sept. 5, 1945, Brooklyn, NY) of the Project group and saxophonist Fred Lipsius (b.Nov 19, 1944, NYC).
The rhythm section consisted of bassist Jim Fielder (b.Oct. 4, 1947, Denton, TX) and drummer Bobby Colomby (b.Dec 20, 1944, NYC), and the horn section was filled out by trumpeters Randy Brecker (b.Nov 27,1945,, Philadelphia, PA) and Jerry Weiss (b.May 1, 1946, New York) and trombonist Dick Halligan (b.Aug 29, 1943, Troy, NY). B S & T signed with Columbia Records and recorded its debut album "Child Is Father to the Man," released in February 1968.
Al Kooper departed, and the group reorganized with Singer David Clayton-Thomas (b.David Thomsett, Sept 13, 1941, Surrey, England), Halligan on keyboards, and trumpeters Chuck Winfield (b.Feb 5, 1943, Monessen, PA) and Lew Soloff (b. Feb 20, 1944, Brooklyn, NY) replacing Brecker and Weiss. Jerry Hyman (b.May 19, 1947, Brooklyn, NY) was added on trombone. This nine - piece ensemble, working with producer James William Guercio, made BS&T's self - titled second album, released in January 1969. The second album spawned three gold - selling Top Ten singles, "You've Made Me So Very Happy," number two in April 1969, "Spinning Wheel," and "And When I Die," selling three million copies and winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It was also BS&T's highwater mark.
Guercio left to work on a similar concept with Chicago Transit Authority, and BS&T increasingly became a backup group for Clayton - Thomas. Nevertheless, the third album, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 (1970), and Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (1971), were substantial hits. Clayton-Thomas went solo in early 1972, but returned in 1974. Numerous personnel changes took place as the group's commercial fortunes gradually declined. BS&T left Columbia after the release of its ninth album, 'More Than Ever" in 1976 and signed to ABC Records, for which it made "Brand New Day" (1977). From the late '70s on, BS&T existed largely as a group name for the concert activities of Clayton-Thomas and Colomby, who retained rights to the name.
