Here's a short note on the website of Jazzwise.
Here's a lenghty interview on AAJ.
Hugh Hopper, April 29, 1945 - June 7, 2009
Here's a first upload in tribute, featuring Hopper in the only Soft Machine show I have that is in very good sound. Dean and Hopper are re-united again now, I hope...
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Soft Machine
Donaueschinger Musiktage
Donaueschingen (Germany)
October 17, 1971 (MP2)
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, fender rhodes electric piano
Mike Ratledge - organ, fender rhodes electric piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Phil Howard - drums
1. Gribes-Bloody-Rageous (41:04)
Sound: A
Source: DVB-S@320, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec)
MP2 @ 320 (tagged + info):
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Thanks for sharing the music and the sad news. Soft Machine was one of my favorite bands in the very early '70s.
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