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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Hatfield and the North-Hatfield and the North (1973

Formed in late 1972, Hatfield and the North were framed in the Canterbury Sound scene, of which it was one of the most recognized and influential landmarks.
Formed by former Matching Mole guitarist Phil Miller, former Gong drummer Pip Pyle, bassist and singer Richard Sinclair from Caravan and Dave Stewart former member of bands such as Egg and Khan on keyboards.
Although they only published the eponymous "Hatfield and the North" and the later "The Rotter's Club", it is logical that their style has been determined by the most outstanding of the genre, along with its jazz elements, the sense of humor inherited from Frank Zappa, and the progressive character of Gentle Giant, their first album is one of the most formidable exercises of the Canterbury movement, where the whole band is at an excellent level but with the outstanding and prodigious appearances of Miller on guitars and Stewart on keyboards, turning this album into an exquisite journey through progressive jazz.

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