 He subsequently worked with Graham Collier (including the albums "Songs for My Father" and "The Day of the Dead"), Johnny Dankworth and Mike Westbrook (including playing saxophone and clarinet on the 1975 release "Citadel/Room 315" and 1976's "Love/Dream and Variations").He was also an original member of Alan Gowen's band Gilgamesh in 1972-3, but left before Gilgamesh's first album.He left Soft Machine in 1976 to join David Essex's band, having first worked with him in 1974 on the album "David Essex".