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Soft Machine: Not Frustrated Jazz Musicians
by: uncredited writer
“Independence” and “freedom” are words much used today to justify any act from dossing down in Piccadilly to running naked through Trafalgar Square, but Soft Machine uses these words with such liberal enthusiasm that they don’t give the impression of just quoting well-worn clichés.
With two LPs under their belts—the first of which was released in America only—the Soft Machine trio strongly believe that the individual and musical freedom they try to practise has formed a great part of the way their career has progressed.
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by: uncredited writer
published: December 3, 2008
in column: Classic Vantage
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