Blood, Sweat Tears 3

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Musicians : David Clayton Thomas (lead vocals), Fred Lipsius (alto saxophone, piano, backing vocals, electric piano, music box), Lew Soloff (trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet), Chuck Winfield (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jerry Hyman ... [Show more]

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Musicians :
David Clayton Thomas (lead vocals), Fred Lipsius (alto saxophone, piano, backing vocals, electric piano, music box), Lew Soloff (trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet), Chuck Winfield (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jerry Hyman (trombone, bass trombone, recorder), Steve Katz (guitar, lead vocals harmonica), Dick Halligan (organ, backing vocals, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, celeste, trombone, flute, alto flute, baritone horn), Jim Fielder (bass), Bobby Colomby (drums, percussion, backing vocals).

Blood, Sweat & Tears : Steve Katz (vocals, guitar); David Clayton-Thomas (vocals); Dick Halligan (Fred Lipsius (saxophone, piano); Lew Soloff, Chuck Winfield (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jerry Hyman (trombone); Jim Fielder (bass). Commercially, this was a disappointment after Blood Sweat And Tears' previous eponymous album, which spawned hit singles galore; here, only a sprightly cover of Goffin-King's "Hi-De-Ho" and lead singer David Clayton-Thomas' own "Lucretia Mac Evil" achieved singles chart success. On the other hand, this is probably the most musically ambitious of the band's post-Al Kooper albums, and though it occasionally overreaches--the lengthy jazz suite based on the Stones' "Sympathy For the Devil" is an awkward collision of styles there are some memorable moments.Clayton-Thomas works a little too hard sometimes (the aforementioned "Lucretia Mac Evil" is a tad overwrought), but he also turns in sensitive readings of some fine cover songs, particularly Laura Nyro's "He's a Runner" and Richard Manuel's "Lonesome Suzie". Meanwhile, the band's instrumental work is at its customary expert level throughout, in particular in a protracted solo section in Joe Cocker's "Something Comin' On".
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