John Stanley Marshall (28 August 1941 – 16 September 2023) was an English drummer and founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus.

[4] From 1972 to 1978, he was the drummer for Soft Machine, replacing Phil Howard when he joined.

Marshall was born in Isleworth, Middlesex on 28 August 1941,[5] and worked with various jazz and rock bands and musicians,[6] among them J. J. Jackson, Allan Holdsworth, Barney Kessel, Alexis Korner, Graham Collier, Michael Gibbs, Arthur Brown, Keith Tippett, Centipede, Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Dick Morrissey, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Surman, Charlie Mariano, John Abercrombie, Arild Andersen, and Eberhard Weber's Colours.

[8] He toured as a member of the band, which operated under the name Soft Machine again, from 2015 to 2023.

[9] With Jack Bruce With John Surman With Vassilis Tsabropoulos With others