Soft Machine - Esther's Nose Job {Live 1970}

[lipi29]

Soft Machine are definitely underrated... why? simple, they're so amazing they can't be overrated

[Tomvanderwal]

We keep on listening to Soft Machine all our live

[InfidelTheFusionist]

The Real Jazz Fusion Pioneers

[cordedpoodle]

Weather Report would soon become famous for playing like Soft Machine. I like them both though. It's a shame the world doesn't know what pioneers they were.

[MrShuggieTodd]

@cordedpoodle I love them too but wasn't the real pioneer Miles Davis in this genre ??

If you listen to Miles in the Sky /Filles de Kilimanjaro / In a Silent Way. (1967 to 1969), you should realize that Miles paved the way for Ratledge/Wyatt/Hopper/Dean (and for Weather Report whose founding members had appeared on the albums I cited.) What do you think sir ?

[Adamboms]

@MrShuggieTodd I disagree, great albums to be sure, but Miles Davis' music was more traditional than this, Soft machine started in 67 as more psychedelic rock than anything else which they then added jazz to as time went on, this is Canterbury Scene at its finest here, Miles Davis had nothing to do with the development of this genre, for the later incarnations of the band I'd be inclined to agree with you but what we see here is something different entirely

[cordedpoodle]

@MrShuggieTodd Before Miles was doing in a silent way minimal Terry Riley and Le Monte Young were doing it. Don't get me wrong though, I a total Miles head, especially his around the Get Up With it Period. All these great guys keep up with what the others are doing. I just think SM was under rated.

[Qadesh86]

Amazing!! One of my favorite bands.. Thanks for uploading this video ;-)

Elisa

[gingerb91]

And that is why we listen to Soft Machine.

[sydswirl]

oh my god that is the best comment ever.....haha. love it.

[lombardinos]

@sydswirl ahahah yes i agree, the best comment ever =)