Progman Cometh Music Festivals were two

Canterbury scene The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) was a musical scene centred on the town of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Associated with progressive rock, the term describes a loosely-defined, improvisational styl ...

music concerts held at the

Moore Theatre Moore Theatre is an 1,800-seat performing arts venue in Seattle, Washington, United States, located two blocks away from Pike Place Market at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Virginia Street. It opened in 1907 and is Seattle's oldest active theater ...

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Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

, USA, in 2002 and 2003.

Progman Cometh 2002

Elton Dean performing with Glass at Progman Cometh

Friday, August 16

* 7:00pm

Glass Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of ...

(with friends) * 8:30pm Hughscore * 10:00pm

Pip Pyle Phillip "Pip" Pyle (4 April 1950 – 28 August 2006) was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France. He is best known for his work in the progressive rock Canterbury scene bands Gong, Hatfield an ...

's Bash! – world debut

Saturday, August 17

* 1:00pm Hamster Theatre – first performance outside

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

* 2:15pm

Richard Sinclair Richard Stephen Sinclair (born 6 June 1948) is an English progressive rock bassist, guitarist, and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene. Biography Born in Canterbury, England, both his father (Dick Sinclair) ...

* 4:00pm Phreeworld * 6:30pm

Kopecky Kopecky are a progressive rock instrumental band of three brothers based in Racine, Wisconsin who combine a number of elements including metal, classical, pop, eastern music and fusion together to create a unique sound. Since their inception in ...

* 8:00pm

and David Rees-Williams * 9:30pm Soft Works – world debut

Sunday, August 18

* 2:00pm Stinkhorn * 3:00pm David Rees-Williams * 4:30pm Azigza * 7:00pm

Phil Miller Philip Paul Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017) was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene. He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Miller formed his first band, Del ...

In Cahoots In Cahoots was a Canterbury scene band led by guitarist Phil Miller, their main composer. History The band was formed in November 1982 by Miller with Pip Pyle (drums), Richard Sinclair (bass) and Elton Dean (saxophone), as the Phil Miller Quar ...

* 8:30pm

Daevid Allen Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known professionally as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian musician. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966 ...

's University of Errors (with

Kevin Ayers Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely assoc ...

) * 10:00pm All Star Jam (everyone who is still in town and has any energy left)

Notes

Gordon Beck Gordon James Beck (16 September 1935 – 6 November 2011) was an English jazz pianist and composer. At the time of his death, 26 albums had been released under his name. Early life Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner Coun ...

was scheduled to appear but had to cancel at the last minute due to illness. Akinetón Retard (from

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) were also scheduled but were prevented from leaving Chile by customs. The "friends" appearing with Glass were William Kopecky, Joe Kopecky and

Elton Dean Elton Dean (28 October 1945 – 8 February 2006) was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello (a variant of the soprano saxophone) and occasionally keyboards. Part of the Canterbury scene, he featured in, among oth ...

. Soft Works (billed as "Software" before their name change) consisted of

Hugh Hopper Hugh Colin Hopper (29 April 1945 – 7 June 2009) was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and other bands. Biography Early career Starting in ...

Allan Holdsworth Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...

and

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Releases

* Hamster Theatre's performance was later released on their double-CD '' The Public Execution of Mister Personality / Quasi Day Room: Live at the Moore Theatre'' * Two songs from the performance of Pip Pyle's Bash were released on Pip's CD ''Belle Illusion'' * The performance by Glass was released as ''Glass Live At Progman Cometh'' * Highlights from the 2002 festival were released as ''Canterburied in Seattle 2002'' on Glass's Bandcamp page * The entire 2003 festival (less Procol Harum and Alan Parsons) was released on Glass's Bandcamp page * Richard Sinclair's performances have been released on his Bandcamp page

Progman Cometh 2003

Saturday, August 2

* 5:00pm Two Monkey Finger (Two Monkey Finger consisted of different musicians for different songs—see below) * 9:00pm

The Alan Parsons Project The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They were accompanie ...

Two Monkey Finger Set #1

Sunday, August 3

* 5:00pm Two Monkey Finger * 7:30pm

Steve Smith Stephen, Steve, Stevie, or Steven Smith may refer to: Academics * Steve Smith (political scientist) (born 1952), British international relations theorist and senior university manager * Stephen Smith (journalist) (born 1956), American journalist, ...

/ Michael Zilber Quartet * 9:30pm

Procol Harum Procol Harum () were an English rock music, rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have List of best-selling singles, sold over ...

Two Monkey Finger Set #2

External links

2003 Festival announcement

Review of 2002 Festival

2002 Festival highlights2003 Festival (complete)

References

{{Reflist Music festivals in Washington (state) Canterbury scene Rock festivals in the United States