Colosseum (band)

Colosseum
Colosseum
	Colosseum in 2010
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Jazz rock; progressive rock;
Years active	1968–1971; 1994–2015; 2020–present;
Labels	Fontana; Vertigo; Dunhill;
Spinoffs	Colosseum II; Tempest; Greenslade;
Members	Dave "Clem" Clempson; Mark Clarke; Chris Farlowe; Kim Nishikawara; Malcolm Mortimore; Nick Steed;
Past members	Dave Greenslade; Dick Heckstall-Smith; Jon Hiseman; James Litherland; Tony Reeves; Jim Roche; Louis Cennamo; Barbara Thompson; Adrian Askew;

Colosseum are an English jazz rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation. Colin Larkin wrote that "the commercial acceptance of jazz rock in the UK" was mainly due to the band.^[2] Between 1975 and 1978 a separate band Colosseum II existed playing progressive rock.

^ Deming, Mark. "Colosseum". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ Larkin Colin, Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music, (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), ISBN 0-7535-0149-X, p. 69 - in which he states 'the commercial acceptance of jazz rock in the UK was mainly due to Colosseum.'

[1] Deming, Mark. "Colosseum". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

[Larkin-2] Larkin Colin, Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music, (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), ISBN 0-7535-0149-X, p. 69 - in which he states 'the commercial acceptance of jazz rock in the UK was mainly due to Colosseum.'

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Colosseum (band)

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