On March 14, 1965, 18 musicians gathered at Decca's cavernous studio at Broadhurst Gardens in West Hampstead, London. The average age of the band was 23. They were first brought together in 1963 by baritone saxophonist Clive Burrows, who was soon snapped up by another band, leaving the Clive Burrows Band without a name or a leader. Enter Neil Ardley, a …
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