I’ve been discovering the late 60s music of the late Graham Collier recently, and it’s sensational. Here’s a track from 1969’s ‘Down Another Road’ by his septet that sailed pretty close to jazz-rock – but it swings! The drum solo is outstanding.
I have a feeling that they may even have passed Johnny C by at the time (their image didn’t scream ‘cool’), but if so, I’d say he missed out…
And am I along in hearing a pre-echo of ‘Walk The Dinosaur’ in here?