British jazz and jazz fusion has really been neglected by the Yanks. Robert Wyatt was a monster drummer who could compare well with guys like Art Blakey, Tony Williams, and many others. The musicianship is of the very highest caliber. The influence of the Canterbury movement during the late 60' to mid 70's is severely underrated also.
Ultimo disco con i Soft per Robert Wyatt. Rimarranno Ratledge, Hopper e Dean, ma dopo questo disco (Fourth) inizia la parabola discendente del gruppo. Questo però è un gran pezzo.
Timeless stuff, from a long-gone era when record companies actually gave artists creative freedom to develop unique music that was introspective and thoughtful. As well, especially in Europe, there was a more sophisticated audience that was LARGE enough to economically sustain great bands like SM. This music is more about the experience and the exploration along the way, than the destination. The themes develop slowly, but beautifully. After 35 years, I still find SF incredibly wonderful!
@philipatoz I totally agree with you those days were out of this world for creative unique music we will never see this again as you have said it was not driven by money or sales but by creative people doing it for the musics sake.
@philipatoz - Europe didn't corner the market on sophistication back then, pal !
Band's like this were in every city and town in the USA with 80K or more people in it. The market for any genre in music was rich all over the world back then. I got to see this band at a Newport Jazz Festival with other equally sophisticated and diverse people there.
It was the 'times' my friend. The 'places' were mere conduits for this exploratory expression.
@aammirr, my comment did not mean to imply that musical sophisticates only existed in large numbers in Europe, but truly the numbers of sophisticated listeners that were AWARE of them in the U.S. and that were also BUYING their records were not sufficiently large enough to sustain their career in the States. I wasn't trying to say Europeans are naturally more musically sophisticated, just that SM had tapped into that market in Europe, but here, not so much.
@philipatoz Yeah! Very well said. I find similar attention spans exist today in jazz and experimental music audiences, but unfortunately they comprise a small percentage of the live music-viewing population.. How do we get this music popular again?
@ExtravaganzaBullshit, music like SM's is only going to remain intensely appreciated in smaller circles. It's got everything to do with what people are exposed to, have available and seek out - ESPECIALLY when they are very young. I remember when (I was around 17 - I'm 53 now) cool jazz and especially improvised, syncopated stuff with weird scales sounded difficult and strange. But the more I listened, the more I liked it. But most importantly, I was exposed to quality music when quite young.
Soft Machine is one of the greatest bands of ever
notsenseoftime 2 weeks ago
Soft Machine, what a great band!
Jazzadelic94 1 month ago
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Anonx82 2 months ago
Yet another masterpiece
johnmoore1311 4 months ago
Do the (does) there'a changn' ?
MrMballan 4 months ago
Their best album if you ask me. Ratledge's "Teeth" is nothing short of a masterpiece.
TJWombat 8 months ago
Fantastic.
Thanks.
alcohalls 11 months ago
British jazz and jazz fusion has really been neglected by the Yanks. Robert Wyatt was a monster drummer who could compare well with guys like Art Blakey, Tony Williams, and many others. The musicianship is of the very highest caliber. The influence of the Canterbury movement during the late 60' to mid 70's is severely underrated also.
Liddledriver 11 months ago
quality upload,hats off to you sir
skl31 1 year ago
Ultimo disco con i Soft per Robert Wyatt. Rimarranno Ratledge, Hopper e Dean, ma dopo questo disco (Fourth) inizia la parabola discendente del gruppo. Questo però è un gran pezzo.
jocunctator 1 year ago
Timeless stuff, from a long-gone era when record companies actually gave artists creative freedom to develop unique music that was introspective and thoughtful. As well, especially in Europe, there was a more sophisticated audience that was LARGE enough to economically sustain great bands like SM. This music is more about the experience and the exploration along the way, than the destination. The themes develop slowly, but beautifully. After 35 years, I still find SF incredibly wonderful!
philipatoz 1 year ago 22
@philipatoz I totally agree with you those days were out of this world for creative unique music we will never see this again as you have said it was not driven by money or sales but by creative people doing it for the musics sake.
WELLBRAN 1 year ago
@philipatoz Couldn't agree more. Their music (which was great to begin with) just sounds better with each passing decade. The mark of true genius.
chizulch4 1 year ago
@philipatoz - Europe didn't corner the market on sophistication back then, pal !
Band's like this were in every city and town in the USA with 80K or more people in it. The market for any genre in music was rich all over the world back then. I got to see this band at a Newport Jazz Festival with other equally sophisticated and diverse people there.
It was the 'times' my friend. The 'places' were mere conduits for this exploratory expression.
But the 'times' they were-a-changin' !
aammirr 1 year ago
@aammirr, my comment did not mean to imply that musical sophisticates only existed in large numbers in Europe, but truly the numbers of sophisticated listeners that were AWARE of them in the U.S. and that were also BUYING their records were not sufficiently large enough to sustain their career in the States. I wasn't trying to say Europeans are naturally more musically sophisticated, just that SM had tapped into that market in Europe, but here, not so much.
philipatoz 1 year ago
@philipatoz Yeah! Very well said. I find similar attention spans exist today in jazz and experimental music audiences, but unfortunately they comprise a small percentage of the live music-viewing population.. How do we get this music popular again?
ExtravaganzaBullshit 7 months ago
@ExtravaganzaBullshit, music like SM's is only going to remain intensely appreciated in smaller circles. It's got everything to do with what people are exposed to, have available and seek out - ESPECIALLY when they are very young. I remember when (I was around 17 - I'm 53 now) cool jazz and especially improvised, syncopated stuff with weird scales sounded difficult and strange. But the more I listened, the more I liked it. But most importantly, I was exposed to quality music when quite young.
philipatoz 7 months ago
I looked this up because I recalled from 1971 that Elton John took his name from the sax player, Elton Dean. (He got "john" from Long John Balrdy).
cruisemates 1 year ago
superb i licious!
AngeleDeux1 1 year ago
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AguirreFurorediDio1 2 years ago
wonderfull
zilums 2 years ago
Hugh Hopper RIP.
gbut 2 years ago 7
Große PSIchiatermusik!!
PSIchiater 2 years ago
awesome :)!!! hugh hopper is sick
paul7703 3 years ago 3
i concur!
dubasher 3 years ago
Another great upload from Canterbury! My fave track from that album! Sooo atmospheric!!! ;-)
JimMcCartyandCo 3 years ago 2