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A quiet progressive rock and roll outfit with strong jazz fusion leanings, Gilgamesh emerged from your fringes from the fertile and beloved “Canterbury picture” as type of an astute child sibling to Hatfield as well as the North. Amanda Parsons also added crystalline support vocals to both organizations. With Gilgamesh, …

In his all-too-brief professional music job, jazz-rock keyboardist and composer Alan Gowen garnered respect from his peers and a little cult audience but bit more than that, although he arguably deserved a lot more. He produced his initial tag within what’s now known as the Canterbury picture of English prog …

b. 12 Might 1941, London, Britain. As a teenager Tomkins initial used the trombone before switching towards the drums which he produced his initial professional appearance. Although he researched extensively, mostly within the traditional vein, he was deeply thinking about jazz and in the first 60s moved completely into this …

Hugh Hopper was most widely known as the electrical bassist for Soft Machine through the band’s most innovative and critically acclaimed period, but his musical career prolonged much beyond his period spent with that one group. He probably manifested the Canterbury scene’s intensifying spirit — a minimum of over the …

b. Jeffrey Ovid Clyne, 29 January 1937, London, Britain. An admirer of Scott La Faro, Eddie Gomez, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke, Clyne is really a versatile performer for the electrical and regular basses and was very much in demand through the entire 60s and 70s for his capability to …