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Soft Bounds: Live at Le Triton 2004

Read "Live at Le Triton 2004" reviewed by John Kelman


When the legendary Canterbury group Soft Machine--with a variety of recent archival live releases generating renewed interest--dissolved with a whimper in the late '70s, it had arguably gone through more stylistic shifts in its ten-year run than anyone except perhaps Miles Davis. Best remembered for the classic lineup that released Third and Fourth--keyboardist Mike Ratledge, saxophonist Elton Dean, bassist Hugh Hopper and drummer Robert Wyatt--the group's successful cross-pollination of jazz and rock was as much about individual differences, which created ...

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