Easily purchase Soft Machine's 'The Dutch Lesson' by clicking one of these links: Roy Babbington : Electric 6-string bass Karl Jenkins : Soprano sax, baritone sax, oboe, electric piano John Marshall : Drums Mike Ratledge : Electric piano, organ From their beginnings as a psychedelic rock band in 1966, sharing stages with Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, to being one of the originators of electric jazz/rock by early 1969, Britain’s Soft Machine were restlessly creative. The Dutch Lesson captures them in late October, 1973. By 1973 Soft Machine already had a long history of playing in Rotterdam. This time they were booked in a smaller venue, which they
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