Quiet Sun
Quiet Sun was a British progressive rock / jazz-rock - band from the Canterbury Scene consisting of Phil Manzanera ( guitar ), Bill MacCormick ( bass ), Dave Jarrett ( keyboards ) and Charles Hayward ( drums ).
history
Formed out of a college band called Pooh and the Ostrich Feather , Quiet Sun was formed in 1970 after MacCormick befriended Robert Wyatt , the son of a friend of his mother's. Like Soft Machine , the band integrated jazz elements and sparkling keyboards into their complex music; Manzanera's energetic guitar playing clearly distinguished her from Soft Machine, which (apart from bass guitar) had not used a guitar on their regular albums until their 1975 album Bundles and used wind instruments as a melody carrier in addition to keyboards.
Quiet Sun broke up in 1972 when Manzanera joined the newly formed group Roxy Music ; Hayward first became a member of Gong and later formed This Heat , MacCormick formed Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt, Phil Miller, and Dave Sinclair , and Jarrett became a math lecturer. Charles Hayward also worked as a guest drummer in the band Raincoats on their LP Odyshape in 1981 .
Parallel to the recordings for his first solo album Diamond Head , Manzanera called the former Quiet Sun band members back together in January 1975, who then recorded their only, critically acclaimed mainstream album, that of the New Musical Express, together with Brian Eno in the same studio was named album of the month.
Discography
- 1975: Mainstream (album)
occupation
- Charles Hayward: drums, keyboards, vocals
- Dave Jarrett: Fender Rhodes, Steinway grand piano, Farfisa and Hammond organ, VCS3 synthesizer
- Phil Manzanera : electric guitar, Fender Rhodes
- Bill MacCormick: electric bass, backing vocals
Guest musician
- Brian Eno : Synthesizer, Oblique Strategies
- Ian MacCormick (also known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald): background vocals
Filmography
- 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)
swell
- Quiet Sun on the baby blue pages
- Quiet Sun Main Page ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on www.manzanera.com - with photos, interviews, reviews, etc. a. (English)
- Biography on www.smoothjazz1043.com (English)
- Quiet Sun Catalog Details ( Memento of March 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) at www.manzanera.com (English)
- Phil Manzanera - Recordings ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at www.manzanera.com (English)
Web links
- Baby blue prog reviews: Quiet Sun: Mainstream: Review on www.babyblaue-seiten.de
- Bill MacCormick ( Memento from October 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - an interview for Facelift Magazine (1995) (English)
- an interview with Charles Hayward (English)
- Collapso - Canterbury Music Family Tree (English)
- Quiet Sun Press Pack ( Memento from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on www.manzanera.com (English: Overview of Quiet Sun's development, the making of the album Mainstream and its connections to Diamond Head )