ars nova

Zig-zagging through a debut album of brass laced avant-rock originals like " General Clover Ends A War"—an an eye opening cover of Richard Strauss's "Zarathustra"—Ars Nova was anything but three chords and a cloud of dust. The brainy NYC combo, led by Wyatt Day and Jon Pierson, scored its first gig of note in 1968, opening for the Doors at the Fillmore East. The group's album got rave notices everywhere—and Ars Nova has since become one of art-rock's undiscovered treasures