Origin: London, England
Colosseum is considered by many to have been one of the first solid U.K. progressive rock acts, successfully fusing rock, jazz, blues and classical music, while at the same time generating unusual chord progressions and variant song structures. The London based band started in late 1968 with original members Dave Greenslade (vocals, organ), Dick Heckstall-Smith (saxophone), John Hiseman (drums), Tony Reeves (bass), James Litherland (guitar, vocals) and Jim Roche (guitar). Hiseman and Heckstall-Smith had both previously been members of the Graham Bond Organization and John Mayall's Bluesbreaker…