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Soft Machine: Middle Earth Masters
by Clifford Allen
In recent years, followers of the Soft Machine have had a boon of documents that have shown the band's continual refinement as a jazz-rock juggernaut. Most of the live performances that have surfaced have been the “classic early '70s quartet with bassist Hugh Hopper, organist/electric pianist Mike Ratledge, saxophonist Elton Dean and drummer Robert Wyatt. The ...
Soft Machine: British Tour ‘75
by AAJ Italy Staff
I Soft Machine, che troviamo ben documentati da questo bel concerto tenutosi all’Università di Nottingham l’undici ottobre del 1975, erano all'epoca ormai diventati una band inserita pienamente nel filone inglese del jazz-rock, avendo perso per strada buona parte di quelle deliziose anomalie che avevano caratterizzato la parte iniziale della loro carriera, spesa fra Canterbury e i ...
Soft Machine: Middle Earth Masters
by John Kelman
In following the path of seminal British group Soft Machine, there seems to be little to link its mid-1960s emergence as a psychedelic avant-pop band to its guitar-centric fusion at the end of the 1970s. But every evolutionary step revealed a band evolving from one incarnation to the next in logical increments. Middle Earth Masters, culled ...
Soft Machine: Grides
by John Kelman
Given the ongoing release of archival live recordings by Soft Machine, you have to wonder if we'll ever reach a saturation point, especially with the heavy emphasis on the British jazz/rock group's 1969-71 lineup with the recently deceased saxophonist/pianist Elton Dean, keyboardist Mike Ratledge, bassist Hugh Hopper and drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt. So many recordings are already ...
Soft Machine: Grides
by Nic Jones
Any notion of a golden age should always be treated with the utmost scepticism, but the more time passes, the clearer it becomes that the decade from 1965 to 1975 witnessed perhaps the last great step in the evolution of jazz and its relationship with other musical forms. Jazz-rock fusion was destined to peter out in ...
Soft Machine: Grides
by Clifford Allen
Soft Machine Grides Cuneiform 2006 1970 was a banner year for the Soft Machine. Their profile amongst the European avant-garde jazz and psychedelic rock communities was raised by a headline-grabbing gig at the Proms, the British music establishment's annual celebration of, in the main, classical and symphonic composition and performance. ...
Soft Machine: BBC in Concert 1971 and BBC in Concert 1972
by A. Henkin
Soft Machine BBC in Concert 1971 Hux 2005 Soft Machine BBC in Concert 1972 Hux 2005 These two archival releases of Soft Machine in varying lineups reveal a seminal band ...
Fusion: Floating World Live, One Spirit, and Dancing On The Water
by Mark F. Turner
Three recordings which tell us that fusion is alive and well, taking inspiration from the past while also searching for new perspectives. Soft Machine Floating World Live Moonjune Records 2006 Recorded in 1975, Floating World Live is a jazz/rock blast from the past. Britain's popular Soft Machine ...
Soft Machine: Floating World Live
by John Kelman
Fans of Soft Machine, which began with mid-1960s psychedelia but evolved into Britain's most influential jazz/rock group, generally consider the “classic lineup to be keyboardist Mike Ratledge, bassist Hugh Hopper, drummer Robert Wyatt and the recently deceased saxophonist Elton Dean. Many also suggest that ex-Nucleus woodwind multi-instrumentalist/keyboardist Karl Jenkins' recruitment signalled the beginning of the end, ...
Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous
by Francis Lo Kee
Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous Graham Bennett Hardback; 448 pages ISBN: 0946719845S.A.F. Publishing 2005 First of all, we at AllAboutJazz-New York note the recent passing of Elton Dean (1945-2006) with deep sadness. Mr. Dean was an integral part of the “classic" Soft Machine lineup.
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