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Vinony's link graph records 98 inbound references to Mike Ratledge, and connects out to jazz fusion, The Wilde Flowers and philosophy.
Vinony files it under 1943 births, 2025 deaths and 20th-century British flautists.
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Film & TV
Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Mike Ratledge was a composer and keyboard player for the experimental prog-rock band Soft Machine.
Known for
- Gong: Montserrat 1973 and Other Stories2006
- Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Live at the BBC — Self - Keyboards1973
- Soft Machine: Alive in Paris 19701970
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943-05-06
- Active to
- 2025-02-05
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,245
- Total plays
- 13,278
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Mike Ratledge (born Michael Roland Ratledge in Maidstone on 6 May 1943; died 5 February 2025) was a British musician remembered for being part of the "Canterbury" scene and a co-founder, and long-time member, of Soft Machine. As a child, Ratledge was educated in classical music, the only kind of music played in his parents' home. He learned to play the piano, and with his friend Brian Hopper, whom he had met at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury, played classical piano and cla
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mike
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Maidstone
- Spouse
- Marsha Hunt
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- music in advertising
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Harvest
- Image
- Mike Ratledge.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-05-06
- member of
- Adiemus
- birth name
- Michael Roland Ratledge
- date of death
- 2025-02-05
- writing language
- English language
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