Colosseum are an English jazz rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation. Colin Larkin wrote that "the commercial acceptance of jazz rock...
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Look up Colosseum, colosseum, or coliseum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheater in Rome, Italy. Colosseum or coliseum...
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Colosseum Live is a live album by Colosseum, released in 1971. It was one of the band's most commercially successful albums, remaining in the UK Albums...
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James Litherland (category Colosseum (band) members)
and guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Colosseum. He was born in Salford, Lancashire, England. He is the father of singer...
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Colosseum II was a British progressive jazz-rock band formed in 1975 by former Colosseum drummer and bandleader Jon Hiseman, which featured guitarist Gary...
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Clem Clempson (category Colosseum (band) members)
English rock guitarist who has played as a member in a number of bands including Colosseum and Humble Pie. Clempson began his career in the late 1960s with...
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Gary Moore (category Colosseum (band) members)
progressive jazz fusion group Colosseum II, which was formed after the demise of bandleader Jon Hiseman's previous band Colosseum. Moore recorded three albums...
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Dave Greenslade (category Colosseum (band) members)
player. He has played with Colosseum from the beginning in 1968 until the farewell concert in 2015 and also from 1973 in his own band, Greenslade, and others...
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Jon Hiseman (category Colosseum (band) members)
described as the "seminal" jazz rock/progressive rock band, Colosseum. He later formed Colosseum II in 1975. He was married to saxophonist Barbara Thompson...
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Valentyne Suite (category Colosseum (band) albums)
Valentyne Suite is the second album released by the band Colosseum. It was Vertigo Records' first album release, and reached number 15 in the UK Albums...
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Chris Farlowe (category Colosseum (band) members)
Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with bands Atomic Rooster, the Thunderbirds and Colosseum. Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia...
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Don Airey (category Colosseum (band) members)
rock band Colosseum II, along with Gary Moore, Neil Murray, Mike Starrs and later John Mole. They made three albums and also formed the core band for Andrew...
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Dick Heckstall-Smith (category Colosseum (band) members)
Hiseman, and Reeves were members of the pioneering UK jazz-rock band Colosseum. The band afforded Heckstall-Smith an opportunity to showcase his writing...
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Barbara Thompson (musician) (category Colosseum (band) members)
Colosseum from 1967 until his death in 2018. Around 1970, Thompson was part of Neil Ardley's New Jazz Orchestra and appeared on albums by Colosseum....
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Daughter of Time (album) (category Colosseum (band) albums)
Daughter of Time is the fourth album by English jazz rock band Colosseum, released in 1970. The album remained for five weeks in the UK Albums Chart peaking...
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Neil Murray (British musician) (category Colosseum (band) members)
the British progressive jazz-rock band Colosseum II. The band's leader, drummer Jon Hiseman, had evolved the band's sound in preference for a rockier...
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Mark Clarke (category Colosseum (band) members)
his work with Colosseum and Mountain, as well as brief stints with Uriah Heep and Rainbow. After seeing the Beatles and many other bands in Liverpool as...
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Louis Cennamo (category Colosseum (band) members)
number of important British rock/blues/progressive bands, including The Herd, Renaissance and Colosseum. Cennamo left school at 16 and undertook his earliest...
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Those Who Are About to Die Salute You (category Colosseum (band) albums)
Those Who Are About to Die Salute You is the debut album by Colosseum, released in 1969 by Fontana. It is one of the pioneering albums of jazz fusion...
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John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (category Mixed-gender bands)
(later of Fleetwood Mac) and Jon Hiseman (later of Colosseum), and numerous others. Mayall used the band name between 1963 and 1970, then dropped it for...
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The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is a theater located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is the main entertainment venue for...
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Tony Reeves (category Colosseum (band) members)
Greenslade and formed the band Greenslade. Reeves remained with the band until 1974, recording three albums with them. As with Colosseum, his departure was motivated...
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The Grass Is Greener (album) (category Colosseum (band) albums)
The Grass Is Greener is an album by Colosseum, released in January 1970. In contrast to other albums by Colosseum, The Grass Is Greener was released only...
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The Collectors' Colosseum is a compilation album by Colosseum that was released in England in 1971. "Jumping off the Sun" - 3:40, originally recorded...
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John Mole (musician) (category Colosseum (band) members)
Jon Hiseman's Colosseum II, he went on to work with fellow band members Gary Moore and Don Airey. He also played with the UK jazz-funk band Morrissey–Mullen...
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Bread & Circuses is a 1997 album by Colosseum. "Watching Your Every Move" (Dick Heckstall-Smith, Clem Clempson, Jon Hiseman) – 4:03 "Bread & Circuses"...
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Mike Starrs (category Colosseum (band) members)
for his work with Colosseum II and Lucifer's Friend. He left Scotland for London in the late 1960s and worked in various minor bands. Starrs was signed...
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Reunion Concerts 1994 is a live album by English progressive jazz-rock band Colosseum. It includes two tracks from their reunion concert at the Zelt-Musik-Festival...
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Tomorrow's Blues (category Colosseum (band) albums)
Tomorrow's Blues is an album by the band Colosseum that was released in 2003. "Tomorrow's Blues" (Clempson, Bell) – 6:41 "Come Right Back" (Greenslade)...
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Watford Colosseum is an entertainment venue in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Established in 1938, as the Assembly Rooms for Watford Town Hall, the...
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