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Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer, and musician, known for joining and naming Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity.
Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American jazz rock music group founded in New York City in 1967, noted for a combination of brass with rock instrumentation. BS&T has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a wide range of musical styles.
Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February 1968. It reached number 47 on the Billboard pop albums chart in the United States. History. As a teenager, Al Kooper went to a concert for jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson and this experience inspired Kooper to start a rock band with a horn section. [2] .
Mar 24, 2023 · The broader reasons are vast, and, sadly, mainly political in nature — but the entire story can now be revealed in a gripping 110-minute documentary titled What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? (Abramorama).
Oct 4, 2013 · One of the more successful acts to travel this path were Blood, Sweat and Tears. Originally the brainchild of the legendary Al Kooper, BS&T made their first strike with the now...
Mar 1, 2010 · The first Blood, Sweat and Tears group led by Al Kooper and including his former Blues Project bandmate Steve Katz, was the sophisticated assemblage that produced but one album.
Mar 31, 2023 · A documentary shows how the chart-topping Blood Sweat & Tears doomed itself with the counterculture after doing a U.S-sanctioned Iron Curtain tour.
In a never-before seen interview, Al Kooper reveals how the legendary rock band was formed in the late 60's. He also talks about how the tracks chosen for the LP including his own originals I...
Feb 21, 2013 · Blood, Sweat and Tears (1968): Al Kooper made only one album with the group he helped form, but it influenced many of the horn-heavy acts that sprouted over the next few years. And unlike...
Feb 21, 2024 · Kooper named the new group Blood, Sweat and Tears, and they debuted at New York’s Cafe Au Go Go—where the Blues Project had recorded their live, debut album—in November 1967, opening for Moby Grape. The buzz was immediate.
