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Tempest

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Jon Hiseman's post-Colosseum rock band featured Allan Holdsworth and then Ollie Halsall on guitar.

Founded: 1972

Location: London, England

Tolonen, Jukka

Finnish guitarist and founder of Tasavallan Presidentti

Founded: 1952

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Tony Williams Lifetime, The

Tony Williams, John McLaughlin and Larry Young. The birth of fusion.

Founded: 1969

Location: New York City, New York

Tony Williams Lifetime, The New

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Tony Williams reformed his Lifetime in the mid-70s with a new lineup featuring Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Alan Pasqua on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass. Marlon Graves replaced Holdsworth for the second album.

Founded: 1975

Location: New York City, New York

Top, Jannick

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Bassist supreme

Founded: 1947

Location: Marseille

Website: Jannick Top - Accueil

Trace

Rick Van Der Linden's ex-Ekseption group.

Founded: 1974

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands

Traffic

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Steve Winwood was already well known as the voice behind Spencer Davis Group before he started Traffic. The band always kept its R&B roots as it moved from the psychedelic pop of the first two studio albums into more progressive, jazzy territory that focused on the writing ability of Winwood and the musicianship of Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and others.

Founded: 1967

Location: Birmingham, England

Trip, The

Originally called Maiocchi and the Trip, The Trip were an Anglo-Italian band based out of Italy. Early member included Ritchie Blackmore (later of Deep Purple fame). After their first album, later albums featured more ELP-inspired music, and the keyboards of Joe Vescovi.

Founded: 1966

Location: London, England

Triumvirat

The German ELP?

Founded: 1969

Location: Cologne, Germany

Website: Triumvirat - Official Homepage

Turner, Nik

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Flute and sax player for Hawkwind, Nik Turner led the Inner City Unit in the early 80s, Los Angeles-based Sphynx in the early to mid 90s, and Space Ritual in the 00s, and various side projects too numerous to list.

Founded: 1940

Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Website: Nik Turner - The Mighty Thunder Rider