Live Jazz London

Influences: Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman

Soft Machine play jazz-rock fusion built on organ, keyboards, saxophone and driving drums, moving between dense progressive passages, psychedelic textures and free improvisation. The band formed in Canterbury in the late 1960s and recorded long-form pieces such as 'Hazard Profile' and 'Joy of a Toy', which helped define the Canterbury sound. Their willingness to shift between genres and push into free playing makes the set unpredictable and worth seeing.

Upcoming gigs

• Wed 24 Feb — 19:00 — Soft Machine at The Jazz Cafe