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John Marshall
Marshall in 2018
Marshall in 2018
Background information
Birth nameJohn Stanley Marshall
Born(1941-08-28)28 August 1941
Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Died16 September 2023(2023-09-16) (aged 82)
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active1967–2023[1]
Formerly of

John Stanley Marshall (28 August 1941 – 16 September 2023) was an English drummer and founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus.[4] From 1972 to 1978, he was the drummer for Soft Machine, replacing Phil Howard when he joined.

Biography

Marshall was born in Isleworth, Middlesex on 28 August 1941,[5] and worked with various jazz and rock bands and musicians,[6] among them J. J. Jackson, Allan Holdsworth, Barney Kessel, Alexis Korner, Graham Collier, Michael Gibbs, Arthur Brown, Keith Tippett, Centipede, Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Dick Morrissey, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Surman, Charlie Mariano, John Abercrombie, Arild Andersen, and Eberhard Weber's Colours.[7]

From 1999, he worked with former Soft Machine co-musicians in several Soft Machine-related projects like SoftWare, SoftWorks and Soft Machine Legacy.[8] He toured as a member of the band, which operated under the names Soft Machine again, from 2015 to 2023.[1]

Marshall died on 16 September 2023, at the age of 82.[9]

Discography

with Nucleus

with Soft Machine

Studio
Live

with Eberhard Weber's Colours

with Centipede

As sideman

With Jack Bruce

With John Surman

With Vassilis Tsabropoulos

With others

References

  1. ^ a b c Ewingpublished, Jerry (8 January 2023). "Soft Machine to introduce new drummer on UK live dates". Loudersound.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ "John Marshall". Sonor.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ^ "John Etheridge, John Marshall, Roy Babbington, Theo Travis - The Soft Machine Legacy + Keith Tippett - Ronnie Scott's". Ronniescotts.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. ^ Andrew Blake (1997). The Land Without Music: Music, Culture and Society in Twentieth-century Britain. Manchester University Press. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-0-7190-4299-7.
  5. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 28 August 2014. p. 35.
  6. ^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. Psychology Press. 2002. pp. 337–. ISBN 978-1-85743-161-2.
  7. ^ Graham Bennett (2005). Soft Machine: Out-bloody-rageous. SAF. ISBN 978-0-946719-84-6.
  8. ^ Signal to Noise. Signal to Noise New Music Foundation. 2008.
  9. ^ Travis, Theo (17 September 2023). "John Marshall (1941–2023). A tribute by Theo Travis". London Jazz News. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

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