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The ground- breaking, unique jazz/R&B/pop group Brian Auger & The Trinity were formed from the ashes of Long John Baldrys and Brian Augers previous group bandThe Steampacket, an R&B Revue collective, which also featured a then barely known Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll.
Adding the UKs then greatest soul/pop singer Julie Driscoll to this new collective meant that not only did the band have a unique, beautiful voice and face to front the group Driscoll also embodied everything about the 1960s fashionable It Girl; her sound, her clothes, hair styles and make up assured that nearly as many column inches were dedicated to her stylish demeanour as much as the bands genre bending music.
The group were the one of the first too to intentionally set out to break down musical barriers Brian himself specifically stated in the sleeve notes for 1968s Definitely What! album that his concept lies along a straight line drawn between pop and jazz and aims at the fusion of both elements. Fusion at that time was not even a recognised musical term, reinforcing Augers credentials as an originator and innovator.
Back then the jazz audiences were purists. They really looked down on rock and pop, he explains. I had people cross the road when they saw me coming, I was persona non grata at Ronnie Scotts because of themusic we were doing and the clothes we were wearing.
Happily audiences of the time didnt take the same dismissive approach, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity toured the US and had exploded onto American TV screens as guests of The Monkees, and also scored hits across Europes pop charts via the singles This Wheels On Fire & Save Me but simultaneously appeared on the UKs Top Of The Pops in the same month as headlining major European Jazz Festivals a feat no other act has equalled since.
Between 1967 and 70, Brian Auger experienced a four year run of unprecedented creativity 1967s Open with Julie Driscoll, 1968s Definitely What!, 1969s Streetnoise again with Driscoll and 1970s Befour taking the Hammond Organ in new directions with their thrilling fusion of club R&B, jazz and psychedelic cool, engaging both the underground and the mainstream, and bringing the group chart success in the UK and Europe. I look back on my years with The Trinity as aperiod of discovery, Auger concludes. I didnt know what would happen or where it would take me but we were breaking down barriers and going someplace new.
The Multi-Genre Maestro, Brian Auger is every producer and DJs secret weapon. A hero who deserves his flower now King Britt
I have more Brian Auger records in my collection than any other British artist, which says more about my love of his music than words ever could DJ Format
2 piece box set containing 5 LP in printed sleeves. Includes 12 page LP sized booklet including an interview with Brian by written by Lois Wilson of Mojo magazine and also includes previously unseen photos from Brians personal archive.
Far Horizons presents the groups four legendary studio albums, fully remastered under Brians guidance, with digitally restored artwork.
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