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Atavachron Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator
I'm afraid I absolutely love everything about this record; Don Airey on searing keys, John Mole
thundering on his Fender jazz bass, Gary Moore giving his best performance on record, and Jon Hiseman
reclaiming his jazz-rock god status as he leads it all with measured fury. Mostly instrumental and filled
with tight, red-hot numbers, this has to be among the best live-in-studio albums in fusion history. But it
was much more-- it was also heavy prog at a time when most music was either heavy or progressive,
with little serious blending of the two. Colosseum II brought the aggression of metallic rock together
with the precision of symphonic jazz fusion in a way no one else could touch, not even Mahavishnu, and
the result is one of the most electrifying sessions I've ever heard. Absolute dynamite.
Atavachron |5/5 |
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