CASA DI ALEX E’ ORGOGLIOSA E ONORATA DI OSPITARE PER LA PRIMA VOLTA LA LEGGENDARIA BAND DEI

CASA DI ALEX IS PROUD AND HONORED TO HOST FOR THE FIRST TIME THE LEGENDARY BAND

SOFT MACHINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Etheridge – guitar

Theo Travis  – tenor sax, flute, keyboards

Roy Babbington – bass

John Marshall  – drums

PER VISUALIZZARE I POSTI DISPONIBILI CLICCA QUI SOTTO

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SEAT MAP SOFT MACHINE

PER COMUNICARE I POSTI SCELTI E PRENOTARLI

MANDA UNA MAIL O TELEFONA AI RIFERIMENTI A FONDO PAGINA

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Essendo esauriti i primi 100 posti prenotabili,

E’ UFFICIALMENTE APERTA LA LISTA D’ATTESA, CHE VERRA’ FATTA SCORRERE IN ORDINE DI RICEZIONE IN CASO DI DISDETTE

SI PREGA CHI FOSSE INTERESSATO A MANDARE UNA MAIL O UN SMS INDICANDO: NUMERO DEI POSTI RICHIESTI, NOME E COGNOME A CUI INTESTARLI, UN RECAPITO TELEFONICO PER ESSERE CONTATTATI

SI RICORDA COMUNQUE CHE I POSTI PRENOTABILI IN MAPPA SONO SOLO UNA PARTE DEI POSTI DISPONIBILI IN SALA, LA SERA DEL CONCERTO SARANNO A DISPOSIZIONE ALTRI POSTI A SEDERE LATERALI (NON PRENOTABILI) E IN OGNI CASO C’E’ LA POSSIBILITà DI ASSISTERE AL CONCERTO IN PIEDI.

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PLEASE HOWEVER NOTE THAT THE RESERVED SEATS ON THE MAP ARE ONLY A PART OF THE SEATS AVAILABLE IN THE HALL, THE EVENING OF THE CONCERT WILL BE AVAILABLE  OTHER SIDE SEATS (NOT BOOKABLE) AND ANYWAY THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ASSISTING TO THE CONCERT STANDING.

In apertura/Opening Act

PAOLO RICCA GROUP

Paolo Ricca : Fender Rhodes piano
Diego Mascherpa : clarinet
Andrea Manzo : bass
Maurizio Plancher : drums
Guest star :
John Etheridge :guitars

Presenteranno la loro nuova produzione discografica “Mumble” Electromantic Music 2018) che vede la straordinaria partecipazione del grande chitarrista John Eheridge dei Soft Machine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Soft Machine is one of the greatest UK avant/jazz-rock bands of all time. Their work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band, who were contemporaries of, and shared stages with Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, all the way to being one of Europe’s best known ‘fusion’ bands has influenced several generations of bands, and continues to be name-checked by today’s hip experimentalists.

This is three quarters of the celebrated 70’s version of the legendary group which recorded the acclaimed ‘Softs’ album in 1975, completed by outstanding sax star Theo Travis (Robert Fripp/David Gilmour/Gong). The band plays material from the era (compositions by Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Karl Jenkins) as well as many contemporary works, as featured on their brand new album ‘Hidden Details’, released in 2018, exactly 50 years since the release of the band’s 1968 debut album ‘The Soft Machine’.

Whilst the line-up of Soft Machine may have changed many times since the heady days of the late 1960’s, the band’s spirit of musical adventure, and the ease with which it freely avoids being pigeon holed and can move from powerful progressive jazz fusion to atmospheric psychedelia to free improvised jazz-rock to ambient loop music continues to make it both unique and totally contemporary.

Bio

“Soft Machine Legacy” was launched in Turkey in Oct, 2004. The intriguing line-up of Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, John Etheridge and John Marshall was a coalition of 4 long-time servers in different eras of the legendary group Soft Machine, but who had not played before as a unit. With the enthusiastic management of MoonJune in New York – the band quickly established a recording and touring schedule in Europe playing a repertoire of new originals and some vintage pieces. Highlights including appearances at the Umbria Jazz Festival and Leverkusen Jazz Festival (televised).

In 2006 came the sad death of Elton Dean, whose place was taken by young blood Theo Travis, who has a continuing association with Progressive Bands and Artists such as Gong, Robert Fripp, David Gilmour and Steven Wilson and was thus perfectly sympathetic to the music.

After a long illness Hugh Hopper sadly passed away in 2008. A decision was taken to continue with Roy Babbington – thus reuniting 3/5ths of the 1975-77 line up that recorded the acclaimed “Softs” album

The beauty of Soft Machine’s legacy – and of Soft Machine Legacy, the band – is that nearly a half-century after the original group’s inception, that legacy is far from stagnant but continues to evolve to this day. Ever since Soft Machine Legacy was first formed, the group has amply demonstrated that it is no mere exercise in nostalgia, lazily mining the Soft Machine back catalog; instead, SML has admirably carried the parent group’s spirit of inquiry and exceptional standard of musical excellence forward into the present.

Just as the original Soft Machine was in a state of continual metamorphosis in terms of both personnel and musical approach – shape-shifting over time from a psychedelic pop band, to a proto–prog rock outfit, to pioneers of adventurous jazz-rock fusion, and ranging from trio to septet configurations – Soft Machine Legacy has been in constant flux as members have come and gone, each new arrival placing his distinctive stamp on this musical work in progress. It is a tribute to the open-ended nature of Soft Machine’s ingenious compositional frameworks that they can accommodate such a wide range of strong musical personalities.

Since 2016 the band formerly known as Soft Machine Legacy was from then on rightfully called ‘Soft Machine’. The Legacy tag, never in fact legally required, was officially been dropped. This is Soft Machine – a living, breathing music that is as vital and relevant today as it ever was. Both longtime fans and new converts alike can take heart in the knowledge that the Soft Machine family tree — with its deep roots in the musical revolution of the ‘60s — continues to sprout healthy new limbs well into the new century, showing no signs of slowing. … The legacy is in very good hands, indeed.

SOFT MACHINE Live Videos:

https://youtu.be/kSoGLT1ufCw

https://youtu.be/NNRJLcmpe4U

https://youtu.be/GYn4ZRM0mXI

https://youtu.be/x_7Ip7bewuM

https://youtu.be/d_MVErEiev4

https://youtu.be/AVzXWhdy6wc

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Il Paolo Ricca Group è la band formata dal pianista, tastierista e
compositore Paolo Ricca nel 2006.
Ha all’attivo tre album, tutti pubblicati dall’etichetta ElectRomantic Music
di Beppe Crovella, all’interno del catalogo Turin Jazz Rock School.
Il primo cd “Batik” esce nel 2006 ed è segnalato come miglior disco
dell’anno nell’annuale referendum fra i giornalisti musicali italiani, tenuto
dalla storica rivista musicale Musica e Dischi; nel 2009 segue il secondo
lavoro, “Volcano”.
Il nuovo cd “Mumble”, è uscito nel 2018 e vede oltre la consolidata
formazione base (che comprende Diego Mascherpa al clarinetto ,
Maurizio Plancher alla batteria e Andrea Manzo al basso) la partecipazione
in alcuni brani di un ospite di lusso, il chitarrista inglese John Etheridge
(Soft Machine, Stephane Grappelli, John Williams, Andy Summers,
ecc…).
“I never wanted to be a star, just a highly respected musician like John Etheridge”
Sting
(The Guardian, 1981)

https://www.facebook.com/paoloriccagroup/

VIDEO –TRAILER DI PRESENTAZIONE CD “MUMBLE”
https://youtu.be/hKSk6u-u5Ug