Blood Sweat & Tears was formed in 1967 by keyboardist Al Kooper and became one of the most pioneering jazz-rock fusion bands in the world. Their debut album, Child Is Father to the Man, released in early 1968, is still considered one of the greatest jazz-rock fusion albums of all time, but it would be the only recording produced by the original Kooper-led version of the band.
By 1969 Kooper was out of the band and the remaining members recruited vocalist David Clayton-Thomas who...