Raised in the vibrant London Jazz scene, the students and friends Lynton Naiff (keyb) and Grant Serpell (dr) tried to form a new band in order to participate in the exciting new hybrid music form, „Jazz/Rock“, which was evolving at the end of the 60s. With Mo Foster (b), Mike Jopp (g) and fronted by Linda Hoyle the new quintet performed for the first time in autumn 1968 under the name Affinity, named after an Oscar Peterson LP. The group caught the attention of Ronnie Scott, at whose club the band then regularly opened for world-famous jazz greats. In February 1970 they recorded their one and only eponymous debut, which was released by Vertigo the same year.
The organ led progressive rock with occasionally ventures into jazz rock territory with the use of a brass section was well received by the critics. Nonetheless the album found no buyers and the group disbanded in 1972. Their only LP, housed in an attractive Keef designed gatefold cover, is now a global sought-after rarity.
