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Quiet Sun

English progressive rock/jazz fusion band
Organization musical_group Q1970359
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Quiet Sun

Summary

Quiet Sun is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Quiet Sun's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Quiet Sun's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Quiet Sun's genre is jazz fusion[5].
  • Quiet Sun's record label is recorded as Island Records[6].
  • Quiet Sun's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Quiet Sun comprises Phil Manzanera[8].
  • January 1, 1970 marks the founding of Quiet Sun[9].
  • Quiet Sun was dissolved in 1975[10].
  • Quiet Sun's start of work period is recorded as 1970[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 1970[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1975[15]

  • Genre(s): canterbury scene, jazz rock, progressive rock[16]

  • Community tags: british, canterbury scene, english, jazz rock, progressive rock, uk[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8f404874-8a84-4563-94ba-dbf70a18616f[18]

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Founding

January 1, 1970 marks the founding of Quiet Sun[9].

Dissolution

Quiet Sun was dissolved in 1975[10].

Why It Matters

Quiet Sun ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Island Records United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . progarchives.com. progarchives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_quiet-sun_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Quiet Sun}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/quiet-sun}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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