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Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American
United States

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 music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City
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. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles. What the band is most known for, from its start, is the fusing of rock, blues, pop music, horn arrangements and jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock".






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Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles. What the band is most known for, from its start, is the fusing of rock, blues, pop music, horn arrangements and jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock". Unlike "jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
" bands, which tend toward virtuostic displays of instrumental facility and some experimentation with electric instruments, the songs of Blood, Sweat & Tears merged the stylings of rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
, pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and R&B/soul music
Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the African American culture through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, Secularity testifying." The genre occasion...
 with big band
Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the swing from the early 1930s until the late 1940s....
, while also adding elements of small combo
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 jazz traditions.

The Al Kooper era

Al Kooper
Al Kooper

Al Kooper is an United States songwriter, record producer and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, though he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity....
, Jim Fielder
Jim Fielder

Jim Fielder is an United States bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears.Fielder attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California....
, Fred Lipsius
Fred Lipsius

Fred Lipsius was an original saxophonist, and arrangement for the jazz-rock band, Blood, Sweat and Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano....
, Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker

Randal "Randy" Brecker is an United States trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock , and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver, Frank Zappa, Parliament-Fun...
, Jerry Weiss
Jerry Weiss

Jerry Weiss is an United States trumpet/flugelhorn player, best known as a founding member of the jazz fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears.Weiss appeared on Blood, Sweat & Tears critically-acclaimed 1968 debut album, Child Is Father to the Man....
, Dick Halligan
Dick Halligan

Richard Halligan is an United States musician and composer, best known as a founding member of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.Halligan was BS&T's trombonist on their first album, Child Is Father to the Man....
, Steve Katz
Steve Katz

Steve Katz is a guitarist and record producer who is best known as a member of the rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears. Katz was an original member of the rock bands Blues Project and American Flyer ....
, and Bobby Colomby
Bobby Colomby

Bobby Colomby was a founder and innovative jazz-rock music fusion drummer of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears. He's also the uncredited drummer on John Cale and Terry Riley's collaboration album Church of Anthrax....
 formed the original incarnation of the band. The creation of the group was fueled by the "brass-rock" ideas of The Buckinghams
The Buckinghams

The Buckinghams are an United States rock and roll band that saw enormous radio popularity from 1965 to 1968, becoming one of the top-selling rock groups of 1967....
 and its producer, James William Guercio
James William Guercio

James William Guercio is an United States music producer, musician and songwriter , and is probably best known for his work as the producer of Chicago 's early albums as well as early recordings of The Buckinghams and Blood Sweat & Tears....
, as well as the early 1960s Roulette-era Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (according to Kooper's autobiography).

"Blood, Sweat & Tears" was the name chosen by Al Kooper, inspired by both the 1963 album with this title by Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
 and after a late-night gig in which Kooper played with a bloody hand. Kooper was the group's initial bandleader, having insisted on that position based on his experiences with The Blues Project
Blues Project

The Blues Project was a short-lived band from the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City that was formed in 1965 and split up in 1967. While their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles, they are most remembered as one of the earliest practitioners of psychedelic rock, as well as one of the world's first jam bands, along with...
, his previous band with Steve Katz, which had been organized as an egalitarian
Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism or Equalism is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals and have the same political freedom, economic freedom, social justice, and civil rights rights....
 collective
Collectivism

Collectivism is a term used to describe any moral, political, or social outlook, that stresses human interdependence and the importance of a collective, rather than the importance of separate individuals....
. Jim Fielder was from Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....
's Mothers Of Invention and had played briefly with Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield

Buffalo Springfield was a short-lived but influential folk rock group that served as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina , and is most famous for the song "For What It's Worth "....
. But undoubtedly, Kooper's fame as a high-profile contributor to various historic sessions of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
, the Rolling Stones, and so forth, was the catalyst for the prominent debut of Blood, Sweat & Tears in the musical counterculture
Counterculture

Counterculture is a Sociology term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition....
 of the mid-sixties.

Al, Bobby, Steve & Jim did a few shows as a quartet at the Cafe Au Go Go
Cafe Au Go Go

The Cafe au Go Go was a Greenwich Village night club located in the basement of 152 Bleecker Street, New York, NY.The club was the first New York venue for the Grateful Dead....
 in New York City in September 1967 opening for Moby Grape
Moby Grape

Moby Grape is an United States rock music group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country music, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music....
 . Fred Lipsius then joined the others two months later. A few more shows were played as a quintet, including one at the Fillmore East
Fillmore East

Fillmore East was promoter Bill Graham 's late 1960s ? early 1970s rock music palace in the East Village, Manhattan area of New York City.Located on Second Avenue at Sixth Street, this venue provided Graham with an East Coast of the United States counterpart to his existing The Fillmore establishment in San Francisco, California Opening...
 in New York. Lipsius then recruited the other three, who were New York jazz horn players he knew. The final lineup debuted late November ’67 at The Scene in NYC. The band was a hit with the audience, who liked the innovative fusion of jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 with acid rock
Acid rock

Acid rock is a form of psychedelic rock, which is characterized with long instrumental solos, few lyrics and musical improvisation. Tom Wolfe describes the Lysergic acid diethylamide-influenced music of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Grateful Dead as "acid rock" in his...
 and psychedelia. After signing to Columbia Records
Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
, the group released perhaps one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the late 1960s, Child Is Father to the Man
Child Is Father to the Man

Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February of 1968 in music.Widely regarded as a classic fusion of jazz, rock and roll, psychedelic music and european classical music, Child Is Father to the Man is one of bandleader Al Kooper's most enduring works....
, featuring the Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson

Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American songwriter, singer, pianist, and guitarist who achieved the height of his fame during the 1960s and 1970s....
 song, "Without Her", and perhaps Kooper's most memorable blues number, "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know". The album cover was considered quite innovative showing the band members sitting and standing with child-sized versions of themselves. Characterized by Kooper's penchant for studio gimmickry, the album slowly picked up in sales amidst growing artistic differences between the founding members. Colomby and Katz wanted to move Kooper exclusively to keyboard and composing duties, while hiring a stronger vocalist for the group.

The music of Blood, Sweat & Tears slowly achieved commercial success alongside similarly configured ensembles such as Chicago
Chicago (band)

Chicago is an American pop rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The band began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads....
 and the Electric Flag
Electric Flag

The Electric Flag was a blues rock music soul music group, led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and drummer Buddy Miles, and featuring other well-known musicians such as vocalist Nick Gravenites and bassist Harvey Brooks....
. Kooper was forced out of the group and became a record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 for the Columbia label, but not before arranging some songs that would be on the next BS&T album. The group's trumpeters, Randy Brecker and Jerry Weiss, also left after the album was released, and were replaced by Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973....
 and Chuck Winfield. Brecker joined Horace Silver
Horace Silver

Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father, who was known as John Tavares Silva, was from the island of Maio, Cape Verde in Cape Verde....
's band with his brother Michael
Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane,"[1] he won 15 Grammys as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007....
, and together they eventually formed their own horn-dominated musical outfits, Dreams and The Brecker Brothers. Jerry Weiss went on to start the similarly-styled group Ambergris.

The David Clayton-Thomas era


Colomby and Katz then started looking for singers, considering Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills

Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash ....
 and Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro was an United States composer, lyricist, singer and pianist. Her style was a distinctive hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, mixed with elements of jazz, gospel music, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock music....
 before deciding upon David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas

File:DavidClayton-ThomasPerforming.jpgDavid Clayton-Thomas is a musician and singer....
, a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 singer, born in Surrey, England. Reportedly, folk singer Judy Collins
Judy Collins

Judith Marjorie Collins is an United States folk singer and pop standards singer and songwriter, known for the stunning purity of her soprano; for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism....
 had seen him perform at a New York City club and was so taken and moved by his performance that she told her friends Bobby Colomby and Steve Katz about him (knowing that they were looking for a new lead singer to front the band). With her prodding, they came to see him perform and were so impressed with him that Clayton-Thomas was offered to be lead singer of a re-constituted Blood Sweat & Tears. Halligan took up the organ chores and Jerry Hyman joined on trombone. New trumpeters Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973....
 and Chuck Winfield brought the band up to nine total members.

Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)

Blood, Sweat & Tears is the 1969 self-titled second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears.After the critical success of the first album, bandleader Al Kooper and two other members left the group....
, the group's self-titled second album, was produced by James William Guercio
James William Guercio

James William Guercio is an United States music producer, musician and songwriter , and is probably best known for his work as the producer of Chicago 's early albums as well as early recordings of The Buckinghams and Blood Sweat & Tears....
 and released in 1969. The album was much more pop-oriented, featuring decidedly fewer compositions from within the band. The record quickly hit the top of the charts, winning Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer....
 at the Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
s over The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
' Abbey Road, among other nominees. Blood, Sweat & Tears spawned three major hit singles: a cover of Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy, Jr. is an United States record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label and its many subsidiaries....
 and Brenda Holloway
Brenda Holloway

Brenda Holloway is an African-American singer and songwriter best known for her period as a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s and is best known for the soul musicful hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy", which later became a pop smash by Blood, Sweat & Tears....
's "You've Made Me So Very Happy
You've Made Me So Very Happy

"You've Made Me So Very Happy" is a song that was written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy, and was released first as a single in 1967 by Brenda Holloway on the Motown Records label....
" (US #2), Clayton-Thomas' "Spinning Wheel
Spinning Wheel (song)

"Spinning Wheel" is the title of a popular song from 1969 by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears. The song was written by band member and vocalist David Clayton-Thomas and appears on their Blood, Sweat & Tears ....
" (US #2), and a version of Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro was an United States composer, lyricist, singer and pianist. Her style was a distinctive hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, mixed with elements of jazz, gospel music, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock music....
's "And When I Die" (US #2). The commercial and critical acclaim enjoyed by the band in 1969 culminated in an appearance at the Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Festival

Woodstock was a music festival, billed as An Aquarian Exposition, held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969....
, in which the band enjoyed headliner status.

Arguably, as a result of Al Kooper's departure, Blood, Sweat & Tears had difficulty maintaining its status as a counterculture icon at a time when record company executives deemed this characteristic important as a tool to lure young consumers. This was compounded by a United States Department of State
United States Department of State

The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the United States Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Federal government of the United States, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc....
-sponsored tour of Eastern Europe in 1970. Any voluntary association with the government was highly unpopular at the time and the band was ridiculed for it. In retrospect, it is now known that the State Department subtly requested the tour in exchange for more amicability on the issuance of a visa to Clayton-Thomas.

After returning to the U.S., the group released Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
Blood, Sweat & Tears 3

Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 is the third album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1970.After the huge success of their previous album, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 was highly anticipated and it rose quickly to the top of the US album chart....
; which was another popular success, spawning hit singles with a cover of Carole King
Carole King

Carole King is an United States singer, songwriter, and pianist. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, though she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period....
's "Hi-De-Ho" and another Clayton-Thomas composition, "Lucretia MacEvil". While this was a successful attempt to re-create the amalgam of styles found on the previous album, the band once again depended almost exclusively on cover material. Album reviews sometimes focused solely upon the band's willingness to work with the U.S. State Department, without bothering to discuss the actual music. Compounding the image problems of the band was a decision to play at Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace, is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, an Unincorporated area township in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States in the Las Vegas metropolitan area....
 on the Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4 mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A small portion of The Strip lies in Las Vegas, Nevada, but most of it is in the unincorporated area areas of Paradise, Nevada and Winchester, Nevada....
, widely seen at the time as a mainstream venue for acts that did not engage in radical politics. In 1970, the band provided music for the soundtrack of the film comedy The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat (film)

The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1970 in film romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal. Barbra Streisand plays the role of a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute....
 , further damaging the group's underground reputation.

Following this period of controversy, the group reconvened with jazz writer Don Heckman serving as their producer and, with Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron

Dave Bargeron is an United States Trombone and tuba player from Athol, Massachusetts, most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears....
 replacing Jerry Hyman, recorded material that would comprise their fourth album, BS&T 4
Blood, Sweat & Tears 4

BS&T 4 is the fourth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1971.David Clayton-Thomas left as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of BS&T 4, as did founding members Dick Halligan and Fred Lipsius....
. For the first time since the first album, Blood, Sweat & Tears presented a repertoire of songs composed almost entirely from within the group. Included on the album is a cover of former member Al Kooper's "Holy John (John The Baptist)". Loaded with hooks and a wide variety of moods (featuring such songs as "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa Listen To Me", "High on a Mountain", "Redemption"), Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 broke into the album charts, resulting in a gold record for the group. Unfortunately, none of the singles from the album managed to land in the Top 30 on any of the singles charts, and the period after the release of the fourth album began the group's commercial decline.

The Jerry Fisher era

Difficulties arose inside the group between its pop-rock and jazz factions, with Clayton-Thomas refusing to pick sides and eventually choosing to leave to pursue a solo career in early January 1972. He was briefly replaced by Bobby Doyle
Bobby Doyle

Bobby Doyle is a former Gaelic football player for Dublin GAA.External links *...
, and then Jerry Fisher who went on to front the next generation of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Fred Lipsius
Fred Lipsius

Fred Lipsius was an original saxophonist, and arrangement for the jazz-rock band, Blood, Sweat and Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano....
 left and was replaced by jazz legend Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson was an United States jazz tenor saxophone. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career....
 (who did not stay long enough to record), before Lou Marini
Lou Marini

Lou Marini, Jr. is an United States saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the jazz, rock music, blues and soul music traditions....
 settled into the new lineup. Another founding member, Dick Halligan, also departed, replaced by jazz pianist Larry Willis
Larry Willis

Lawrence Elliott Willis is an United States jazz pianist and composer. He has performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion rock music rock Bop Bebop and Avant-Garde...
, and Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 guitarist Georg Wadenius
Georg Wadenius

Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a Studio musician and session musician guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden....
 joined as lead guitarist around the same time. Amidst the personnel changes, a Greatest Hits album was released, which hit the top 20 and eventually went gold. This record would be the band's final gold album.

During this period of time, a proliferation of bands employing the jazz-rock stylings of the group began to compete in the popular music marketplace. Among these groups were Chase, Ides of March and Lighthouse
Lighthouse (band)

Lighthouse is a Canada Rock music Musical ensemble formed in 1969 in Toronto which included horn s, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, european classical music,and swing....
, offering testimony to the legacy of Blood, Sweat & Tears.

The new edition of Blood, Sweat & Tears released New Blood
New Blood (album)

New Blood is the fifth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1972.With David Clayton-Thomas leaving as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of Blood, Sweat & Tears 4, a nearly wholesale personnel change occurred for New Blood....
, which found the group moving into a more overtly jazz-fusion repertoire. The album broke through the top-40 charts (the last BS&T LP to do so) and spawned a single ("So Long Dixie", chart peak: 44) that received some airplay. Also included on the record was a cover version of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage," featuring the voice/guitar soloing of Georg Wadenius.

In mid-1973, Katz, who was growing increasingly uncomfortable with the group's leaning towards jazz fusion, decided to leave. Winfield departed as well and was replaced by Tom Malone
Tom Malone

Tom Malone may refer to:*Tom Malone , jazz musician*Tom Malone , American football player*Thomas W. Malone, professor at the MIT Sloan School...
. Blood, Sweat & Tears' next album, No Sweat
No Sweat (album)

No Sweat is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1973.By mid-1973, Steve Katz, one of the founding members of BS&T had left the band as the members leaned further towards jazz fusion....
 (1973), continued in a jazz-fusion vein and featured intricate horn work. The 1974 release Mirror Image saw the addition of vocalist/saxophonist Jerry LaCroix (formerly of Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter

Edgar Holland Winter is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. Edgar is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on the keyboards, and as a vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock music....
's White Trash), sax player Bill Tillman, bassist Ron McClure
Ron McClure

Ron McClure , a double bass, has played in hard bop, jazz-rock, and free and bebop sessions and bands.He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass....
 and the exodus of Tom Malone and longtime members Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973....
 and Jim Fielder
Jim Fielder

Jim Fielder is an United States bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears.Fielder attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California....
. This recording features the adoption of a sound pitched between Philly Soul
Philadelphia Soul

The Philadelphia Soul are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play in 2004 as a expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the National Conference....
 and the mid-1970s albums by Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is a jazz pianist and composer. He embraces elements of rock and roll and soul music while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz....
's Headhunters, along with aspirations to Chick Corea
Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist, keyboardist, drummer, and composer.He is known for his work during the 1970s in the genre of jazz fusion....
's jazz-fusion group Return to Forever
Return to Forever

Return to Forever was the name of a jazz fusion band founded and led by keyboardist Chick Corea. The band cycled through many members, with only consistent band mate of Corea's bassist Stanley Clarke....
.

Re-formations

Personnel changes continued (see roster below), capped by the return of David Clayton-Thomas at the close of 1974 and the release of the comeback album New City
New City (Blood Sweat & Tears album)

New City is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1975. It peaked at Number 47 on the Billboard charts Pop Albums charts....
 in 1975. This album charted higher than any of their previous albums since New Blood. This was chiefly the result of an entry in the singles charts with a cover of the Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life
Got to Get You into My Life

"Got to Get You into My Life" is a song by The Beatles on the album Revolver . It was released as a Single in the US in 1976, a decade after its initial release and six years after The Beatles split up....
". But it still did not sell as well as albums from the group's 1969-71 commercial peak period. They released a final album for Columbia Records, More Than Ever, before the last original band member, Bobby Colomby, left in 1976. The band then signed a new contract with ABC Records
ABC Records

ABC Records started in 1955 in music as ABC-Paramount Records, the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation , formed in New York City in 1955. In addition to producing records directly, ABC licensed finished masters from independent record producer and purchased regionally- released records for national distribution....
, with Colomby serving as the next album's executive producer and retaining sole ownership of the group's name, despite his no longer appearing on stage with them. Their sole album for ABC, Brand New Day, did not fare well in the charts and the group undertook a European tour in early 1978 to promote the album that ended abruptly after saxophonist Gregory Herbert died of a drug overdose in Amsterdam on January 31st, 1978. Rocked by this shocking turn of events, the group returned home and temporarily ceased activity.

In 1979, David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas

File:DavidClayton-ThomasPerforming.jpgDavid Clayton-Thomas is a musician and singer....
 decided to continue Blood, Sweat & Tears with an entirely new lineup that consisted of Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 musicians. The group signed to Avenue Records subsidiary label LAX (MCA Records
MCA Records

MCA Records was an United States-based record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part....
), and with producer and arranger Jerry Goldstein
Jerry Goldstein

Jerry Goldstein is a space physicist whose research has focused on the Earth's plasmasphere, a high-altitude extension of the ionized portion of the planet's upper atmosphere....
, recorded the album Nuclear Blues. The album was yet another attempt to reinvent the group, showcasing the band in a funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
 sound environment that recalled such acts as Tower of Power
Tower of Power

Tower of Power is a 10-member horn-based Soul music band from Oakland, California, California....
 and LAX labelmates War
War

...
 (with whom BS&T did several shows in 1980). The album, unfortunately, was regarded by many Blood, Sweat & Tears fans as uncharacteristic of the group's best work. Following more touring, including Australia, this incarnation of the group disbanded in 1981.

Since he did not own the rights to the Blood Sweat & Tears name, Clayton-Thomas attempted to restart his solo career in 1983 after taking some time off. This caused complications during his initial months on the road when promoters would book his group and instead use the Blood, Sweat & Tears name on the marquee. Consequently, his manager at the time, Larry Dorr, negotiated a licensing deal with Bobby Colomby
Bobby Colomby

Bobby Colomby was a founder and innovative jazz-rock music fusion drummer of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears. He's also the uncredited drummer on John Cale and Terry Riley's collaboration album Church of Anthrax....
 in 1984 for rights to tour using the band's name. For 20 years afterwards, Clayton-Thomas toured the concert circuit with a constantly changing roster of players as "Blood, Sweat & Tears" until his final departure in 2004. Clayton-Thomas now does occasional shows using only his name in promotional efforts. At last count, the overall number of BS&T members since the beginning is up around 130 total people -- roster below.

In 1995 Al Kooper invited the original members of BS&T to play on his Soul Of A Man
Soul of a Man

The Soul of a Man is a 2003 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders as the fourth installment of the documentary film series "The Blues " produced by Martin Scorsese....
 live album to commemorate his 50th birthday. Colomby would not allow Kooper to used the name Blood, Sweat & Tears so the reunion tracks were credited to "Child Is Father To The Man". The reunion included Steve Katz, but according to page 20 of the album notes, elected not to allow his performances which were digitally replaced by Jimmy Vivino.

Current status

Blood, Sweat & Tears continues its heavy touring schedule throughout the world with its current line-up of members, some of whom have been with the band previously during the past two decades. Under the direction of Larry Dorr and founding member Bobby Colomby, the band has enjoyed something of a resurgence. Blood, Sweat & Tears donates money through its "Elsie Monica Colomby" music scholarship fund to deserving schools and students who need help in prolonging their musical education, such as the victims of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
. The year 2007 witnessed the band's first world tour in a decade. Since late 2005, the band often does shows backing up former Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron
Chuck Negron

Charles "Chuck" Negron is an United States singer-songwriter, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band , Three Dog Night....
, where the group will play its own set and then another set that includes Chuck's Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night is an United States rock band, best known for their music from 1968?1975. They were still making live appearances and recordings in 2008....
 hits. 2008 brings with it the anticipated return of founding member Steve Katz. The year is also the 40th touring anniversary, and surprise alumni are expected to be joining the band throughout the year.

All of the band's albums, with the exception of Brand New Day, are currently available on compact disc
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
. BS&T's first four albums were reissued by Sony Records in remastered editions (typically with bonus material), except for its third album, which has been reissued by Mobile Fidelity. The later Columbia albums have been reissued by Wounded Bird Records
Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records is a compact disc only, re-issue record label, that was founded in 1998 in music in Guilderland, New York. They re-release lesser known albums from popular artists like Deborah Harry, Chic , David Blue , Marilyn Martin, Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Ellen Foley, Argent , Blood, Sweat & Tears, Sparks and others....
, and Rhino Records has reissued Nuclear Blues. Brand New Day was issued on CD in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 in 2002, although the disc may not have received authorization from copyright holders.

Roster of member musicians


Al Kooper
Al Kooper

Al Kooper is an United States songwriter, record producer and musician, probably best known for organizing the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, though he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity....
 : keyboards, vocals (1967-1968)
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker

Randal "Randy" Brecker is an United States trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock , and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver, Frank Zappa, Parliament-Fun...
 : trumpet, flugelhorn (1967-1968)
Jerry Weiss
Jerry Weiss

Jerry Weiss is an United States trumpet/flugelhorn player, best known as a founding member of the jazz fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears.Weiss appeared on Blood, Sweat & Tears critically-acclaimed 1968 debut album, Child Is Father to the Man....
 : trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals (1967-1968)
Fred Lipsius
Fred Lipsius

Fred Lipsius was an original saxophonist, and arrangement for the jazz-rock band, Blood, Sweat and Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano....
 : alto sax, keyboards (1967-1972)
Dick Halligan
Dick Halligan

Richard Halligan is an United States musician and composer, best known as a founding member of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.Halligan was BS&T's trombonist on their first album, Child Is Father to the Man....
 : keyboards, trombone, horns, flute, backing vocals (1967-1972)
Steve Katz
Steve Katz

Steve Katz is a guitarist and record producer who is best known as a member of the rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears. Katz was an original member of the rock bands Blues Project and American Flyer ....
 : guitar, harmonica, lute, mandolin, vocals (1967-1973, 2008-)
Jim Fielder
Jim Fielder

Jim Fielder is an United States bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears.Fielder attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California....
 : bass, guitar, backing vocals (1967-1974)
Bobby Colomby
Bobby Colomby

Bobby Colomby was a founder and innovative jazz-rock music fusion drummer of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears. He's also the uncredited drummer on John Cale and Terry Riley's collaboration album Church of Anthrax....
 : drums, percussion, backing vocals (1967-1977)
David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas

File:DavidClayton-ThomasPerforming.jpgDavid Clayton-Thomas is a musician and singer....
 : vocals, guitar (1968-1972, 1974-1981, 1984-2004)
Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973....
 : trumpet, flugelhorn (1968-1974)
Chuck Winfield : trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals (1968-1973)
Jerry Hyman : trombones, recorder (1968-1970)
Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron

Dave Bargeron is an United States Trombone and tuba player from Athol, Massachusetts, most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears....
 : trombone, tuba, horns, bass, backing vocals (1970-1978)
Bobby Doyle
Bobby Doyle

Bobby Doyle is a former Gaelic football player for Dublin GAA.External links *...
 : vocals, piano (1972)
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson was an United States jazz tenor saxophone. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career....
 : tenor sax (1972)
Lou Marini Jr.
Lou Marini

Lou Marini, Jr. is an United States saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the jazz, rock music, blues and soul music traditions....
 : tenor & soprano sax, flute (1972-1974)
Larry Willis
Larry Willis

Lawrence Elliott Willis is an United States jazz pianist and composer. He has performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion rock music rock Bop Bebop and Avant-Garde...
 : keyboards (1972-1978)
Georg Wadenius
Georg Wadenius

Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a Studio musician and session musician guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden....
 : guitar, vocals (1972-1975)
Jerry Fisher : vocals (1972-1974)
Tom Malone
Tom Malone

Tom Malone may refer to:*Tom Malone , jazz musician*Tom Malone , American football player*Thomas W. Malone, professor at the MIT Sloan School...
 : trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, alto sax, bass (1973-1974)
Jerry LaCroix : vocals, alto sax, flute, harmonica (1974)
Ron McClure
Ron McClure

Ron McClure , a double bass, has played in hard bop, jazz-rock, and free and bebop sessions and bands.He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass....
 : bass (1974-1975, 1976)
Tony Klatka : trumpet, horns (1974-1978)
Bill Tillman : alto sax, flute, clarinet, backing vocals (1974-1977)
Luther Kent : vocals (1974)
Joe Giorgianni : trumpet, flugelhorn (1974-1975)
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius

John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III was an United States jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his skills as an electric bass player, as well as his command of varied musical styles including jazz, jazz fusion, funk, and jazz-funk....
 : bass (1975-1976)
Steve Khan
Steve Khan

Steve Khan is an United States jazz guitarist....
 : guitar (1975)
Mike Stern
Mike Stern

Mike Stern is an American jazz guitarist. A major player on the scene since his breakthrough days with Miles Davis' comeback band, circa 1981, Stern's sideman credits include work with such jazz icons as saxophonists Stan Getz and Joe Henderson, bassist Jaco Pastorius, guitarists Jim Hall and Pat Martino, trumpeters Tom Harrell, Arturo Sand...
 : guitar (1975-1977)
Keith Jones
Keith Jones

Keith Jones may refer to:*Keith Jones , former professional American football running back*Keith Jones , dean of York Minster, 2004-present*Keith Jones , English former footballer...
 : bass (1976)
Danny Trifan : bass (1976-1977)
Forrest Buchtell : trumpet (1975-1977)
Don Alias
Don Alias

Charles 'Don' Alias was an United States jazz percussionist.Alias was best known for his skill at congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: Alias played drums on the song "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from Bitches Brew when neither Lenny White nor Jack DeJohnette was able to capture the marching band...
 : percussion (1975-1976)
Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy

Roy McCurdy, born November 28, 1936 in Rochester, New York, is a Jazz drumming.Before joining Cannonball Adderley's Quintet in 1965 and staying with the band until Adderley's death in 1975, he had played with Chuck Mangione and Gap Mangione in the Jazz Brothers , as well as with Bobby Timmons, Betty Carter and Sonny Rollins ....
 : drums (1976-1977)
Jeff Richman : guitar (1976 fill in for Stern)
Randy Bernsen : guitar (1977)
Barry Finnerty
Barry Finnerty

Michael Barry Finnerty is an American jazz guitarist, keyboardist, and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician.Finnerty was born in San Francisco and raised on the West Coast of the United States, studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of California Berkeley....
 : guitar (1977-1978)
Neil Stubenhaus
Neil Stubenhaus

Neil Stubenhaus is an United States bass guitarist....
 : bass (1977-1978)
Gregory Herbert
Gregory Herbert

Gregory Herbert was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.Herbert started on alto sax at age 12. In 1964 he did a short stint in the Duke Ellington Orchestra, then studied at Temple University from 1965 to 1971....
 : saxophone (1977-1978)
Michael Lawrence ; trumpet (1977)
Chris Albert : trumpet (1977-1978)
Bobby Economou : drums (1977-1978, 1979-1981, 1994-1995)
Kenny Marco : guitar (1979)
David Piltch : bass (1979-1980)
Joe Sealy : keyboards (1979)
Bruce Cassidy
Bruce Cassidy

Bruce Cassidy is the assistant coach of the Providence Bruins, an AHL affiliate, retired hockey defencemen with the Chicago Blackhawks and the former ice hockey coach of the Washington Capitals....
 : trumpet, flugelhorn (1979-1980)
Earl Seymour : sax, flute (1979-1981)
Steve Kennedy : sax, flute (1979)
Sally Chappis : drums (1979)
Harvey Kogan : sax, flute (1979)
Jack Scarangella : drums (1979)
Vernon Dorge : sax, flute (1979-1981)
Robert Piltch : guitar (1979-1980)
Richard Martinez
Richard Martinez

For the Cory in the House character, see President Richard Martinez.Richard C. Martinez is a Democratic Party member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 5th District since 2000....
 : keyboards (1979-1980)
Wayne Pedziwiatr : bass (1980-1981)
Peter Harris
Peter Harris

Peter Harris , popularly known as Blu Peter, is an electronic dance music record producer and disc jockey from South Wales who pioneered the Nu-NRG music genre in the late 1990s....
 : guitar (1980-1981)
Lou Pomanti : keyboards (1980-1981)
Mic Gillette
Mic Gillette

Mic Gillette is an United States brass player born in 1951 and raised in northern California's East Bay area. He is famous for being a member of Tower of Power, Cold Blood, and The Sons of Champlin....
 : trumpet (1980-1981)
James Kidwell : guitar (1984-1985)
Jeff Andrews
Jeff Andrews

Jeffery Andrews is the former Pitching Coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, after one season at the position. Andrews spent each of the last 22 years as a minor league baseball Pitching Coach/Coordinator, the last five in the Pittsburgh organization....
 : bass (1984-1985)
Taras Kovayl : keyboards (1984-1985)
Tim Ouimette : trumpet, horns (1984-1985)
Mario Cruz
Mario Cruz

Mario Cruz is a New York City-area saxophone player with a number of credits to his name. He is perhaps best known for playing on Bruce Springsteen's 1987 Tunnel of Love album and the subsequent 1988 Tunnel of Love Express tour....
 : sax, flute (1984-1985)
Ricky Sebastian : drums (1984-1985)
Steve Guttman : trumpet (1985-2004)
Dave Gellis : guitar (1985-1990, 1996, 1998 fill in, 2005- )
Ray Peterson
Ray Peterson

Ray T. Peterson was an United States pop music singer.Ray Peterson was born in Denton, Texas on April 23, 1935. As a boy he had to overcome polio....
 : bass (1985-1986)
Scott Kreitzer : sax, flute (1985-1986)
Teddy Mulet : trombone (1985-1986), trumpet (2005- )
Barry Danielian : trumpet (1985-1986)
Richard Sussman : keyboards (1985-1987)
Randy Andos : trombone (1986)
Tom Timko : sax, flute (1986-1987, 1995, 1998-2001, 2005-2008)
Tom DeFaria : drums (1985-1986)
John Conte
John Conte

John J. Conte was the District Attorney for Worcester County, Massachusetts , which includes 59 cities and towns in Worcester County and the town of Bellingham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA....
 : bass (1986-1987)
Steve Conte
Steve Conte

Steve Conte is a member and the lead singer of the band The Contes along with his brother John Conte . He is also the lead singer of Crown Jewels, and is the current lead guitarist of the New York Dolls....
 : guitar (1986 fill in)
Jeff Gellis : bass (1987-1990)
Dave Panichi
Dave Panichi

Dave Panichi is an Australian jazz musician, trombonist and composer who began his professional musical career in 1975.In 1981 Panichi moved to New York, where he lived for 18 years....
 : trombone (1987-1988, 1997-1998)
Glenn McClelland
Glenn McClelland

Glenn McClelland is the keyboard synthesizer for the band Ween. He also played keyboards for Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1987 to 1993. He currently is a vocalist and keyboardist for Scott Rednor and His Band....
 : keyboards (1987-1993, 1998, 2005- )
David Riekenberg : sax, flute (1987- 1990, 1995-1998)
Jerry Sokolov
Jerry Sokolov

Jerry Sokolov is a New York City-area trumpet player. He was first trumpet for Blood, Sweat, and Tears from 1987 to 1994....
 : trumpet (1987-1994)
Graham Hawthorne : drums (1987-1988, 1989-1991)
Van Romaine : drums (1988-1989)
Neil Capolongo : drums (1991-1993)
Peter Abbott : drums (fill in early 90s)
Charley Gordon : trombone (1987-1994, 2001)
Wayne Schuster : sax, flute (1990-1991)
Larry DeBari : guitar, vocals (1990-1997)
Gary Foote
Gary Foote

Gary Foote is a British musician, currently performing with Joan Armatrading and Pentangle_%28band%29#Jacqui_McShee.27s_Pentangle, as well as various other side projects....
 : bass (1990-1994, 1996-2004, 2005- )
Chuck Fisher : sax, flute (1991)
Jack Bashcow : sax, flute (1992)
Tim Ries : sax, flute (1992-1993, 1993-1995)
Charlie Cole : sax, flute (1993)
Matt King
Matt King

Matt King is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of the European Super League. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League and was selected for New South Wales state rugby league team and the national team, the Australia national rugby league team....
 keyboards (1994-1998)
Mike Mancini : keyboards (fill in 80s/90s)
Franck Amsallem
Franck Amsallem

Franck Amsallem is a France jazz pianist and composer. He was born in 1961 in Oran but grew up in Nice, France. He started learning the piano at age 7 and also took up the classical saxophone at the local conservatory....
 keyboards (fill in mid 90s)
Henry Hey : keyboards (fill in mid 90s)
Ted Kooshian
Ted Kooshian

Ted Kooshian is a New York jazz pianist and keyboardist who has performed with artists that include Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry, Toni Braxton, Marvin Hamlisch, Sarah Brightman, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears....
 keyboards (fill in mid 90s)
Cliff Korman keyboards (fill in mid 90s)
Mike DuClos bass : (1994-1996)
Jonathan Peretz : drums (1995-1997)
Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson may refer to:*Craig Johnson *Craig Johnson , New York State Senator*Craig Johnson , British actor*Craig Johnson , author of the Wyoming police procedurals Cold Dish and Death Without Company...
 : trumpet ((1994-1998)
Matt Milmerstadt drums : (1995 , 1998)
Tom Guarna : guitar (1997-1998)
Jon Owens : trumpet (1998-2000)
Chuck Pillow : sax, flute (fill in 1998)
Brian Delaney
Brian Delaney

Brian Delaney, noted session drummer, was born in 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Southwest Missouri State University, and the University of North Texas. Delaney currently is the drummer in the newly-reunited New York Dolls....
 : drums (1998, 2001)
Dave Stahl : trumpet (fill in 1995-1998)
Dave Pietro
Dave Pietro

Dave Pietro is a jazz saxophonist who plays alto saxophone. He started playing at age 11 and was first recorded with his school's band by Clark Terry....
 : sax, flute (fill in 1998)
Dale Kirkland : trombone (1995-1996, 1998, 1999-2001, 2002-2006
Pat Hallaran : trombone (1998-1999)
James Fox
James Fox

James Fox, is an England actor....
 : guitar (1998-2000)
Dan Zank : keyboards (1998-2000)
Zach Danziger : drums (1998-2001)
Joe Mosello : trumpet (2000-2002)
Phil Magallanes : keyboards (2000-2001)
Andrea Valentini : drums (2001- )
Darcy Hepner : sax, flute (1999 fill in, 2001-2004)
John Samorian : keyboards (2001-2003)
Nick Marchione : trumpet (2002-2004)
Eric Cortright : keyboards (2003-2004)
Leo Huppert: bass (2004)
Steve Jankowski: trumpet (2005- )
Rob Paparozzi
Rob Paparozzi

Rob "The Honeydripper" Paparozzi is an American harmonica player and vocalist from New Jersey. He has toured with Dolly Parton, George Jones, and has contributed to works by Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Judy Collins, Cyndi Lauper, and Bobby McFerrin....
: vocals, harmonica (2005- )
Scottie Wallace: vocals (alternating with Rob P. 2005-2006)
Thomas Conner : vocals (fill in 2006)
Jens Wendelboe: trombone (2006- )
Chris Tedesco : trumpet (fill in for Mulet 2006-2007)
Brian Steel : trumpet (fill in for Mulet 2008)
Bill Churchill : sax (2008- )
(Roster provided by Jim Mullen)

Current Roster

Steve Katz
Steve Katz

Steve Katz is a guitarist and record producer who is best known as a member of the rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears. Katz was an original member of the rock bands Blues Project and American Flyer ....
 : vocals
Rob Paparozzi
Rob Paparozzi

Rob "The Honeydripper" Paparozzi is an American harmonica player and vocalist from New Jersey. He has toured with Dolly Parton, George Jones, and has contributed to works by Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Judy Collins, Cyndi Lauper, and Bobby McFerrin....
 : vocals, harmonica
Dave Gellis : guitar
Glenn McClelland
Glenn McClelland

Glenn McClelland is the keyboard synthesizer for the band Ween. He also played keyboards for Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1987 to 1993. He currently is a vocalist and keyboardist for Scott Rednor and His Band....
 : keyboards
Gary Foote
Gary Foote

Gary Foote is a British musician, currently performing with Joan Armatrading and Pentangle_%28band%29#Jacqui_McShee.27s_Pentangle, as well as various other side projects....
 : bass
Andrea Valentini
Andrea Valentini

Andrea Valentini is an American designer. In 1995, she received both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Interior Architecture degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design....
 : drums
Teddy Mulet : trumpet
Steve Jankowski : trumpet
Jens Wendelboe : trombone
Bill Churchill : sax


Discography

Albums
  • Child Is Father to the Man
    Child Is Father to the Man

    Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February of 1968 in music.Widely regarded as a classic fusion of jazz, rock and roll, psychedelic music and european classical music, Child Is Father to the Man is one of bandleader Al Kooper's most enduring works....
     (1968) Producer: John Simon (RIAA: Gold)
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears
    Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)

    Blood, Sweat & Tears is the 1969 self-titled second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears.After the critical success of the first album, bandleader Al Kooper and two other members left the group....
     (1969) Producer: James William Guercio
    James William Guercio

    James William Guercio is an United States music producer, musician and songwriter , and is probably best known for his work as the producer of Chicago 's early albums as well as early recordings of The Buckinghams and Blood Sweat & Tears....
    , 1970 Grammy Award for Album of the Year
    Grammy Award for Album of the Year

    The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer....
    . (RIAA: 4 x Multi-Platinum)
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
    Blood, Sweat & Tears 3

    Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 is the third album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1970.After the huge success of their previous album, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 was highly anticipated and it rose quickly to the top of the US album chart....
     (1970) Producer: Bobby Colomby and Roy Halee (RIAA: Gold)
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears 4
    Blood, Sweat & Tears 4

    BS&T 4 is the fourth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1971.David Clayton-Thomas left as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of BS&T 4, as did founding members Dick Halligan and Fred Lipsius....
     (1971) Producers: Don Heckman, Roy Halee and Bobby Colomby (RIAA: Gold)
  • New Blood
    New Blood (album)

    New Blood is the fifth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1972.With David Clayton-Thomas leaving as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of Blood, Sweat & Tears 4, a nearly wholesale personnel change occurred for New Blood....
     (1972) Producer: Bobby Colomby
  • No Sweat
    No Sweat (album)

    No Sweat is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1973.By mid-1973, Steve Katz, one of the founding members of BS&T had left the band as the members leaned further towards jazz fusion....
     (1973) Producer: Steve Tyrell
  • Mirror Image
    Mirror Image (BS&T album)

    Mirror Image is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1974.Founding member Jim Fielder left the band prior to the recording of Mirror Image....
     (1974) Producer: Henry Cosby
  • New City
    New City (Blood Sweat & Tears album)

    New City is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1975. It peaked at Number 47 on the Billboard charts Pop Albums charts....
     (1975) Producer: Jimmy Ienner
  • More Than Ever (1976) Producer: Bob James
  • Brand New Day (1977) Producers: Bobby Colomby and Roy Halee
  • Nuclear Blues (1980) Producer: Jerry Goldstein
  • Latin Fire (1985) [recorded 1980/81]
  • Live And Improvised (1991) [recorded 1975] Producer: Bobby Colomby. Associate producer: Jimmy Ienner
  • Live (1994) [recorded live at The Street Scene, Los Angeles, on October 12, 1980.)


Compilation Albums:
  • Greatest Hits (1972) (RIAA: 2 x Multi-Platinum)
  • Super Hits (1998)
  • What Goes Up! The Best of Blood, Sweat & Tears (1995) Compilation producer: Bob Irwin
  • You've made me so happy (2001) Compilation: Sony Special Products
  • The Collection (2003) Compilation: Sony/Columbia


Soundtracks
  • The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Soundtrack) (1970) Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard


Singles
  • "I Can't Quit Her" (1968)
  • "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (1968)
  • "You've Made Me So Very Happy
    You've Made Me So Very Happy

    "You've Made Me So Very Happy" is a song that was written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy, and was released first as a single in 1967 by Brenda Holloway on the Motown Records label....
    " (1969)
  • "Spinning Wheel
    Spinning Wheel (song)

    "Spinning Wheel" is the title of a popular song from 1969 by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears. The song was written by band member and vocalist David Clayton-Thomas and appears on their Blood, Sweat & Tears ....
    " (1969) (Grammy Award-winning)
  • "And When I Die" (1969)
  • "Hi-De-Ho" (1970)
  • "Lucretia MacEvil" (1970)
  • "Lisa, Listen to Me" (1971)
  • "Go Down Gamblin'" (1971)
  • "So Long Dixie" (1972)


External links

  • 1967–2000