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Soft Machine: Ronnie Scott's, London

Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 25 April 1970

THOSE WHO imagine that Ronnie Scott is selling out by inviting the Soft Machine to play for a week at his club are in for a shock, because the group's music is as intelligent, as uncompromising, and as rewarding as all but the very best jazz played there.

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