The Supernova that Was Jazz-Rock Fusion

The music of "Bumpin' on Sunset" perambulates throughout our household, casting a relaxing, hypnotic spell on everybody and everything as my brother blasts Straight Ahead again and again in the Fall of 1974.   Thus, Brian Auger became absorbed into me, helping to reveal to me my innate preferences--the stuff that was conditioned in my DNA for future choice. I did not, however, ever even think to explore other albums of Mr. Auger's creation--until very recently. And now, having heard and integrated Mr. Auger's discography from the 1960s to the end of the 1970s I am so glad for it! I have enjoyed the amazing journey of growth and experimentation that Brian traveled from his start in blues through all of his experiments with folk, jazz, funk and pop-oriented in their purest forms as well as in their most "fused" versions. Why his collaborators rarely get cited for their significant talents and contributions to the evolution of blues, blues-rock, rock, folk,...