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Tag Archives: John Marshall
SOFT MACHINE – Floating World Live
August 27, 2025
MoonJune 2006 / 2025 And then there were five: flaunting unfamiliar fusion fantasies in front of audience, Canterbury’s finest take flight. It had taken these adventurers about eight months to incorporate a full-member guitarist into their ranks to become a … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged Allan Holdsworth, fusion, instrumental, John Marshall, Karl Jenkins, live, Mike Ratledge, prog rock, Roy Babbington, Soft Machine
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
Posted in Reissues
Tagged Allan Holdsworth, Elton Dean, fusion, Hugh Hopper, instrumental, jazz rock, John Marshall, Soft Machine, Soft Works
Jack Bruce’s “Songs For A Tailor” Gets Deluxe Treatment
May 4, 2024
Jack Bruce was a genius – a tremendous player, singer and composer – but even a genius feels the need to be understood, especially when starting out on his own after working with peers in great ensembles which proved to … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Chris Spedding, Dick Heckstall-Smith, George Harrison, Henry Lowther, Jack Bruce, John Marshall, Jon Hiseman
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
HUGH HOPPER – Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour
May 19, 2023
Burning Shed 2003 & 2004 / Explore Rights Management 2023 A veteran of avant-garde endeavors ventures on a voyage into a Möbius band and back again. To suggest that Hugh Hopper was just a bassist would seem to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged Canterbury scene, Didier Malherbe, Elton Dean, fusion, Hugh Hopper, jazz, John Marshall, Pip Pyle, prog rock, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine
