Fourth is the fourth studio album by Soft Machine.

The numeral "4" is the title as shown on the cover in all countries, but a written-out title appears on the spine and label. This was the group's first all-instrumental album, although their previous album Third had almost completed the band's move in this direction toward instrumental jazz, and a complete abandonment of their original self-presentation as a psychedelic and progressive rock group. It was also the last of their albums to include drummer and founding member Robert Wyatt who afterwards left... - Wikipedia

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Ballet-Symphony No 5, Symphony No. 6 - The Music Of Gunter Hampel by Gunter Hampel, released in 1971 on Birth Records in 1971.

Gunter Hampel (born 31 August 1937)[1] is a German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer. He became dedicated to free jazz in the 1960s, developing a record label (Birth Records) and working with Jeanne Lee, John McLaughlin, Muruga Booker, Laurie Allan, Udo Lindenberg, Pierre Courbois, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Steve McCall and Perry Robinson. In 1972, he formed the Galaxie Dream Band. - Wikipedia

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April 2026 schedule

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PetHaus, Pispalan Valtatie 47, FI-33250 Tampere, Finland.

https://www.pethaus.fi/

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Nuit Du Surréalisme

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Saturday, April 18 at 07:00 PM CDT

4th installment of the mini festival celebrating the Surrealist movement. Featuring performances from some of the most exciting experimental artists in the midwest, playing a variety of styles:
Anja Sieger, Army of Frankensteins, Bryon Cherry, Feral Kid Theory, Michael Firman, MRS. FUN, Red Mage, Tarek Sabbar, and Tontine Ensemble.
Not to be missed!

7pm, $10, All Ages

https://mkeshows.com/event/nuit-du-surrealisme

It's Not Up to Us is the debut album by saxophonist/flautist Byard Lancaster released in 1968 on the Vortex label, an Atlantic subsidiary.

Pitchfork's Andy Beta stated "What strikes me first is the overall melodic sensibility of each of the players. Lancaster, on alto sax and flute, would go on to play with outsider luminaries like Sun Ra, Bill Dixon, and Fred Hopkins. Sharrock's violently strummed strings on Black Woman and Monkey-Pockie-Boo led to the vortices of Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and pretty much all future physical guitarists. Eric Gravatt would soon join an early version of Weather Report, yet everyone defers their skronkier, unrestrained abilities to the overall structure of each tune. This gives the Anglo folk base of some of Lancaster's compositions plenty room to be heard and hummed" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJk4RUQVBYQ

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Your Prayer is the second album by saxophonist Frank Wright. It was recorded in May 1967 in New York City and was released by ESP-Disk later that year. On the album, Wright is joined by saxophonist Arthur Jones, trumpeter Jacques Coursil, bassist Steve Tintweiss, and drummer Muhammad Ali

Writing for Stereogum, Michael Nelson commented: "The other horns treat the melodies like fanfares, announcing Wright before he steps up for a fierce solo, but on pieces like 'No End' and particularly the nearly 13-minute 'Fire of Spirits,' everyone gets to have their say. Tintweiss's extended bass solo is actually a highlight of the disc, though the real secret weapon is Coursil's trumpet. Ali's drumming is frantic and ferocious throughout, wiping out the landscape like a forest fire." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBCuFyIxJII

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Mama Too Tight is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1967. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, trombonists Grachan Moncur III and Roswell Rudd, tuba player Howard Johnson, clarinetist Perry Robinson, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Beaver Harris in August 1966.

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Shepp had hit his stride here compositionally... lots of free blowing, angry bursts of energy, and shouts of pure revelry are balanced with Ellingtonian elegance and restraint that was considerable enough to let the lyric line float through and encourage more improvisation. This is Shepp at his level best." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkg_fO9fhpk&list=RDJkg_fO9fhpk&start_radio=1

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