Blood, Sweat & Tears

Headlining Green Bay Jazz Fest 2023, Blood, Sweat & Tears is not the first band to ever use a horn section, but they are the first to fuse it with rock, jazz, and some blues thrown in for good measure. From the first?ensemble in the late sixties practicing in a loft on Bleeker Street in New York’s Greenwich Village and having?crowds clapping on the street below between songs, founding member and?drummer Bobby Colomby knew they were on the right?course. Since then, the band has never stopped touring for over 50 years. After band member changes and replacing a lead singer, the second album self-named "Blood Sweat & Tears” was a success, rising to the top of the charts for seven weeks and yielding three Top 5 singles. The album received the Grammy Award for “Album of the Year” in 1970 beating out the Beatles’ "Abby Road". That album went on to earn quadruple Platinum status with sales well over 4 million units.