Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper

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Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper was the pairing of American guitarist Mike Bloomfield and American keyboardist Al Kooper. Kooper and Bloomfield had previously worked together on the sessions for the ground-breaking classic "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan, as well as playing in support of his controversial appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1965. Kooper had recently left Blood, Sweat & Tears after recording with them on their debut album, and was now working as an A&R man for Columbia. Bloomfield was about to leave Electric Flag, and at relative loose ends. Kooper telephoned Bloomfield to see if he was free to come down to the studio and jam; Bloomfield agreed, leaving Kooper to handle the arrangements. After putting out the result: "Super Session" in 1968, featuring Bloomfield on side one of the LP and Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield on side two, Kooper & Bloomfield took Super Session live. After Bill Graham's Fillmore East was selected as the venue and a band was assembled, they jammed across three nights. The LP "The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper" was released documenting these gigs shortly thereafter. More recently, while looking through the Columbia vaults, Al Kooper discovered additional tapes previously thought to be lost from the Fillmore East. These were published in 2003 under the name "Fillmore East: Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68" and document a further collaboration with a different band at th

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Super Session

The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper

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Bloomfield-A Retrospective

Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68

The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper

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Super Session (Bonus Track Version)

The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper [Disc 1]

The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper Disc 1

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The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - Disc 1

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Rare & Well Done: The Greatest And Most Obscure Recordings 1964-2001

Super Sessions

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Midnight Blues (CD 1)

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