Brainchild-Healing Of The Lunatic Owl (1970)

Another interesting band with a single album and short career was the British group Brainchild, a group that moved between brass rock, akin to contemporary bands like Blood, Sweat & Tears or If, and progressive jazz rock. Considered a cult band today, this group originated in London in the early 1970s with Harvey Coles (bass, vocals), Bill Edwards (guitar, vocals), Dave Miller (drums), Chris Jennings (organ, piano), Brian Wilshaw (saxophone, flute), and Lloyd Williams (trumpet and trombone). Their only release was on the A&M Records label, an album where the heavy sounds of brass jazz fused with evocative rock melodies, infused with psychedelic and avant-garde elements, making it one of the best examples of British jazz rock. "Healing Of The Lunatic Owl" is one of those obscure and forgotten albums that showcases excellent instrumental jazz-rock prowess, in which everything from music hall to complex progressive jazz arrangements is endorsed in a series of high-quality pieces such as the bluesy jazz "Hide From The Dawn" and "Two Bad Days", the fusion "Autobiography", the rock "She's Learning", the jazz-rock epic "A Time a Place", the pastoral "Sadness Of A Moment" or the jazzy and cheerful music hall "The Cage".