Colosseum

Colosseum is an English jazz-rock group formed in early 1968 by drummer Jon Hiseman and tenor saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith. The band mixed blues, rock and extended jazz improvisation. Its second album, Valentyne Suite (1969), was the first album issued on Philips' Vertigo label. Colosseum's first lineup included Dave Greenslade on keyboards, Tony Reeves on bass and James Litherland on guitar and vocals, and its debut Those Who Are About to Die Salute You came out on Fontana in 1969.