English drummer John Marshall was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus. On September 16, 2023, he passed away. From 1972 through 1978, he took over as Soft Machine’s drummer after Phil Howard joined the group.
Marshall was born in Isleworth, Middlesex on 28 August 1941, and worked with various jazz and rock bands and musicians, among them J. J. Jackson, Allan Holdsworth, Barney Kessel, Alexis Korner, Graham Collier, Michael Gibbs, Arthur Brown, Keith Tippett, Centipede, Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Dick Morrissey, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Surman, Charlie Mariano, John Abercrombie, Arild Andersen, and Eberhard Weber’s Colours.
In 1999, he started working on projects with his old bandmates from Soft Machine, such as SoftWare, SoftWorks, and Soft Machine Legacy.
John Marshall (drummer) cause of death: What happened to John Marshall?
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From 2015 to 2023, he performed on tour with the group, which went under the name Soft Machine once more. On September 16, 2023, Marshall passed away at the age of 82.