In the progressive jazz world of the early 1970s, artists were influenced by one of two primary camps—the fusion abstraction of Miles Davis's electric groups of the late 1960s or the eclectic jazz-rock bands such as the Free Spirits; Chicago; Blood, Sweat and Tears; Steely Dan and Soft Machine. [Photo above of Brian Auger, front, and the Oblivion Expres…
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