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Tag Archives: Allan Holdsworth
SOFT WORKS – Abracadabra
July 12, 2025

MoonJune 2003 / 2025 Finest proponents of English fusion reclaim their creative success and return to form in a fiercely mysterious manner. As undefined as it may seem with constant changes of SOFT MACHINE’s personnel, this ensemble’s always had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Holdsworth, Elton Dean, fusion, Hugh Hopper, instrumental, jazz rock, John Marshall, Soft Works
PAT SMYTHE QUARTET’s Gig With SOFT MACHINE Members Is Out
April 21, 2024

It takes a jazz connoisseur today to know about PAT SMYTHE QUARTET, the British foursome commanded by a piano player who, having served in Joe Harriott’s revolutionary ensemble and helped introduce free jazz the UK, gathered a band of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Holdsworth, John Marshall, Pat Smythe Quartet, Soft Machine
NUCLEUS Box Their BBC Sessions
October 7, 2021

Ian Carr’s NUCLEUS was a British jazz-rock institution which, despite the presence of many an outstanding player – including stellar guitarists and Allan Holdsworth – and the recent attempts to the band’s classic output, still isn’t celebrated enough. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Holdsworth, Chris Spedding, Ian Carr, Nucleus
SOFT WORKS’ Archival Performance To Be Issued
December 6, 2020

It’s going to be a poignant release because three quarters of this ensemble – Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper and Allan Holdsworth – passed away, and only John Marshall is still with us. “This ensemble” was SOFT WORKS – SOFT MACHINE … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Holdsworth, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, John Marshall, Soft Machine, Soft Works
NUCLEUS & Ian Carr – Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975
August 8, 2019

Esoteric 2019 Music as a continuous process: classic oeuvre of British jazz institution boxed up for unconcealed delight in unified strands of imagination. It was a quiet revolution on Ian Carr’s part, when the trumpeter embarked on a trip of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Holdsworth, box set, Chris Spedding, fusion, Ian Carr, jazz, jazz rock, John Marshall, Jon Hiseman, Karl Jenkins, Nucleus, Roy Babbington