"My rebel music wasn't Bob Dylan and so on it was Max Roach with 'Freedom Now Suite'," explained Robert Wyatt to Straight No Chaser magazine. While his brilliant albums like 'Schleep' and 'Old Rottenhat' would cast the ex-Soft Machine singer and drummer as a British folk eccentric, he was also a jazz man at heart and that was most evident on this pivotal LP. However, although 'Soup Song' and 'Sonia' provided an outlet for Wyatt's jazz tendencies, it was the Burroughs style lyricism and wit of 'Muddy Mouse' and '5 Black Notes & 1 White Note' that confirmed Wyatt as one of our true songwriting geniuses. If you don't know Robert's music, start here; then buy the lot!