Locomotive (British jazz-rock or proto-prog)

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   Locomotive was a British band which started its career as psychedelic-pop outfit. However in the late 60' they changed style drastically into jazz-rock combo with very important brass section. They recorded only one album full of Hammond organ and brass arrangements. They can be compered to Colosseum, Samurai, Chicago and even Van Der Graaf Generator at times.

Line-up:

Pete Allen (bass guitar, 1965-66), Mike Kellie (drums, 1965-66), Danny King (vocals, 1965-66), Brian "Monk" Finch (saxophone, 1965-66), Jim Simpson (trumpet, 1965-67), Richard Storey (saxophone, organ, 1965-66), Chris Wood (saxophone, flute, 1965-66), Joe Ellis (bass guitar, 1966-67), Norman Haines (vocals, keyboards, 1967-69), Bill Madge (saxophone, 1966-69), "Mooney" Mazzone (drums, 1966-67), John Barry (saxophone, 1966-67), Mick Hincks (bass guitar, vocals, 1967-70), Bob Lamb (drums, 1967-70), Mike Taylor (trumpet, 1968-69), John Caswell (guitar, vocals, 1970), Keith Millar (guitar, keyboard, vocals, 1970), Dick Heckstall-Smith (saxophone), Lyn Dobson (saxophone), Chris Mercer (saxophone), Henry Lowther (trumpet)

Discography:

We Are Everything You See (1969)

Their original organist later created his own "Norman Haines Band" (already suggested by me for PA).

http://www.myspace.com/locomotive68 (adio clips)

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/locomotive/we_are_everything_you_see/ (audio clips !!)

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ozzy_tom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 15 2006 Location: China/Poland Status: Offline Points: 754	Topic: Locomotive (British jazz-rock or proto-prog) Posted: April 15 2010 at 01:52
	Locomotive was a British band which started its career as psychedelic-pop outfit. However in the late 60' they changed style drastically into jazz-rock combo with very important brass section. They recorded only one album full of Hammond organ and brass arrangements. They can be compered to Colosseum, Samurai, Chicago and even Van Der Graaf Generator at times. Line-up: Pete Allen (bass guitar, 1965-66), Mike Kellie (drums, 1965-66), Danny King (vocals, 1965-66), Brian "Monk" Finch (saxophone, 1965-66), Jim Simpson (trumpet, 1965-67), Richard Storey (saxophone, organ, 1965-66), Chris Wood (saxophone, flute, 1965-66), Joe Ellis (bass guitar, 1966-67), Norman Haines (vocals, keyboards, 1967-69), Bill Madge (saxophone, 1966-69), "Mooney" Mazzone (drums, 1966-67), John Barry (saxophone, 1966-67), Mick Hincks (bass guitar, vocals, 1967-70), Bob Lamb (drums, 1967-70), Mike Taylor (trumpet, 1968-69), John Caswell (guitar, vocals, 1970), Keith Millar (guitar, keyboard, vocals, 1970), Dick Heckstall-Smith (saxophone), Lyn Dobson (saxophone), Chris Mercer (saxophone), Henry Lowther (trumpet) Discography: We Are Everything You See (1969) Their original organist later created his own "Norman Haines Band" (already suggested by me for PA). http://www.myspace.com/locomotive68 (adio clips) http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/locomotive/we_are_everything_you_see/ (audio clips !!)


snobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 20 2009 Location: Vilnius,LT,EU Status: Offline Points: 3584	Posted: April 15 2010 at 03:17
	Brass-rock elements remind B,S & T, but IMO jazz-rock isn't main direction there. More psychedelic, keyboards based sound.

ozzy_tom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 15 2006 Location: China/Poland Status: Offline Points: 754	Posted: April 15 2010 at 03:28
	To be honest I'm not big specialist of jazz-rock. For my it sounds jazzy so I chose jazz-rock... However for sure it's progressive rock. Maybe proto-prog is a good place for them???


harmonium.ro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989	Posted: April 15 2010 at 03:48
	The MySpace samples are disabled, and those on RateYourMusic are very short. I've found these two tracks on YouTube: Doesn't seem prog to me, but more like late 60s rock, with simple music with organ, occasional brass and orchestral arrangements. Maybe proto-prog.