Blood, Sweat & Tears was an American group, formed in New York City in 1967, which fused jazz and rock or pop into a hybrid of what came to be known as "jazz-rock". They are considered, by and large, to be the first or among the first of this genre of music. Somewhat unlike what became known as "jazz fusion" or simply as "fusion" (which often tended more toward virtuostic displays of electronic experimentation and amodal music), Blood, Sweat & Tears' sound was more a merging of the varied stylings of rock, pop and R&B/soul with big band or combo jazz.