Soft Machine at the Anson Rooms on Friday 22nd March 2019

Soft Machine at the Anson Rooms on Friday 22nd March 2019

Posted on: 20 Mar 2019

One of the greatest jazz-rock bands of all time - Soft Machine - will take to the stage of Anson Rooms in Bristol on Friday 22nd March 2019.

 

 A group that shaped the face of UK avant/jazz-rock, they've remained as vital and influential as ever. From their earliest performances right through to their incarnation as one of Europe's finest fusion bands, they continue to inspire new generations of musicians and cool modern experimentalists.

Soft Machine

The ensemble will perform the gamut of works that traverses the entire scope of their output, covering material from the 1970s as well as more contemporary pieces, including several tracks from their 2018 album, Hidden Details (which, coincidentally, marked precisely 50 years since they released their first album, 1968's The Soft Machine).

 

With a frequently oscillating line-up of musicians over the years, the general energy and spirit of the band has remained the same, constantly defying categorisation and pigeon-holing, shifting seamlessly from progressive jazz fusion to atmospheric psychedelia to ambient loop music and improvised jazz-rock. Utterly unique and musically mesmerising, the group's line-up for their gig at Anson Rooms will be John Etheridge on guitar, Theo Travis on saxophones, Roy Babbington on bass, and John Marshall on drums.

Soft Machine

The show is part of Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival 2019 which runs from 22nd - 24th March, and which you can get the full rundown of gigs, performers, venues and prices here.

 

The gig starts at 7.30pm. Tickets for Soft Machine at Anson Rooms cost £20 (plus booking fee) and can be purchased here.


 

Anson Rooms is located at Richmond Building, Bristol, BS8 1LN.  Tel. 0117 331 8600
 


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Jamie Caddick

Jamie is a writer, blogger, journalist, critic, film fan, soundtrack nerd and all-round Bristolian good egg.  He loves the music of Philip Glass, the art of Salvador Dali, the writings of Charles Bukowksi and Hunter S Thompson, the irreverence of Harry Hill, and the timeless, straw-chomping exuberance of The Wurzels.  You can sometimes find him railing against a surging tide of passing cyclists, or gorging himself senseless on the Oriental delights of a Cosmos all-you-can-eat buffet.