Colosseum II is a United Kingdom band that came from the ashes of the band Colosseum. The band was formed by the drummer of Colosseum Jon Hiseman in 1975. The band featured Don Airey, John Mole and Gary Moore. The sound was oriented toward Jazz fusion. After three successful albums the band decided to end the project. Colosseum is a British jazz-rock band considered also a part of the early roots of progressive rock. ... Jon Hiseman is a British drummer who played in with Graham Bond and also was in the seminal UK unit Colosseum. ... Don Airey (born June 21, 1948) is the keyboardist for the British rock band Deep Purple. ... Gary Moore (born on 4 April 1952 as Robert William Gary Moore in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists to have originated from Ireland. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album Jazz fusion (sometimes referred to simply as fusion) is a musical genre that loosely encompasses the merging of jazz with other styles, particularly rock, funk, R&B, and world music. ... Look up Album on Wiktionary, the free dictionary An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ...
Don Airey (born June 21, 1948) is the keyboardist for the British rock band Deep Purple. ... Jon Hiseman is a British drummer who played in with Graham Bond and also was in the seminal UK unit Colosseum. ... Gary Moore (born on 4 April 1952 as Robert William Gary Moore in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists to have originated from Ireland. ... Neil Murray is a bassist who has played with over 30 bands including Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, and Gogmagog. ... Mike Starr (born 1966), is an American musician, and was Alice in Chainss original bassist. ...
The Colosseum Theatre was built in the 19th century as a theatre and music hall.
In May 1998, The Colosseum Project's gallery show for the Whitechapel Open took place in a former ironworks, and was a subversive and sometimes shocking contribution to the Whitechapel Gallery's programme.
The last Colosseum Project show was in 1999, at the House of Detention in London's Clerkenwell district.
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