Elton Dean

Elton Dean (28. oktober 1945 – 8. februar 2006) var engelsk jazz-musiker, som spillede altsaxofon, saxello (en variant af sopransaxofon) og lejlighedsvis tangenter.

Fra 1966 til 1967 var Dean med i gruppen Blueseology, der blev ledet af Long John Baldry. Gruppens pianist, Reginald Dwight, kombinerede senere Deans og Baldrys fornavne og dannede dermed sit eget kunstnernavn, Elton John.

Dean grundlagde sit ry som medlem i Keith Tippett Sextet fra 1968 til 1970 og i gruppen Soft Machine fra 1969 til 1972. Kort før han forlod Soft Machine, startede han sin egen gruppe, Just Us. Fra 1975 til 1978 stod han i spidsen for sit eget ni-mandsorkester, Ninesense. Hans egne grupper siden da, som regel kvartetter og kvintetter, spillede mest fri jazz, med kun lidt eller slet intet komponeret materiale. Samtidig vedblev han at arbejde sammen med andre grupper, der var meget kompositions-orienterede, f.eks. guitaristen Phil Millers In Cahoots, trommeslageren Pip Pyles Equipe Out samt forskellige projekter sammen med den tidligere Soft Machine-bassist Hugh Hopper.

I 2002 turnerede og indspillede Dean sammen med andre tidligere Soft Machine-medlemmer (Hugh Hopper, trommeslageren John Marshall og guitaristen Allan Holdsworth) under navnet Soft Works. Efterfølgende turnerede og indspillede de med guitaristen John Etheridge (også tidligere Soft Machine) som erstatning for Holdsworth under navnet Soft Machine Legacy, hvor de spillede gamle Soft Machine-numre såvel som nyt materiale.

Deans sidste musikalske samarbejder omfattede bl.a. Soft Bounds (en kvartet bestående af Dean, Hugh Hopper, Sophia Domancich og Simon Goubert), Alex Maguires projekt Psychic Warrior samt den belgiske jazzrock-gruppe The Wrong Object.

Diskografi

Som leder 

 1971: Elton Dean (reissued as Just Us)
 1975: Live at the BBC (with Ninesense, released 2003)
 1976: Oh! For The Edge
 1976: They All Be On This Old Road (live)
 1977: Happy Daze (live)
 1979: Three's Company Two's A Crowd
 1979: The 100 Club Concert (released posthumously in 2012)
 1980: Boundaries
 1985: The Bologna Tape
 1986: Welcomet
 1988: Duos (cassette only)
 1988: Trios (cassette only)
 1989: EDQ Live (cassette only)
 1989: Unlimited Saxophone Company
 1990: Vortex Tapes (live)
 1995: Silent Knowledge
 1997: Headless Quartet
 1997: Newsense
 1998: Moorsong
 2000: QED
 2002: Sea of Infinity

Saarbejde 

 1976: Dean, Hopper, Tippett, Gallivan: Cruel But Fair
 1977: Dean, Skidmore: El Skid
 1977: Dean, Wheeler, Gallivan: The Cheque Is In The Mail
 1977: Dean, Hopper, Tippett, Gallivan: Mercy Dash
 1985: Dean, Miller: Steve Miller Trio Meets Elton Dean
 1990: Dean, Howard Riley Quartet: All The Tradition
 1992: Dean, Hewins: Bar Torque
 1993: Dean, Riley: One Two One
 1995: Dean, Dunmall: If Dubois Only Knew
 1995: Dean, Riley: Descending Circles
 1996: Dean, Rudd: Rumours Of An Incident
 1996: Dean, Cuomo: The Origin Of Man
 1997: Dean, Hopper, Clarke, Knight: The Mind In The Trees
 1998: Dean, Bellatalla, Sanders: Into The Nierika
 2000: Dean, Trovesi: Freedom in Jazz
 2004: Dean, Domancich: Avant
 2004: Dean, Dunmall, Rogers, Blanco: Remembrance (released posthumously in 2013)
 2007: Dean, The Wrong Object: The Unbelievable Truth (recorded live in Paris at Glaz'Art on 18 October 2005)

Bands 

Med Soft Machine
 1970: Third
 1971: Fourth
 1972: Fifth
Andre bands
 1971: Centipede: Septober Energy
 1978: Soft Head: Rogue Element
 1979: Soft Heap: Al Dente (live)
 1979: Soft Heap: Soft Heap
 1983: Soft Heap: A Veritable Centaur
 1985: Pip Pyle's Equip' Out: L'Equipe Out
 1989: In Cahoots: Live 86–89
 1990: Anglo Italian Quartet: Put It Right Mr. Smoothie
 1990: l'Equip' Out: Up!
 1995: British Saxophone Quartet: Early October
 1995: Anglo Italian Quartet: Twice Upon A Time
 2002: Soft Works: Abracadabra
 2003: Soft Mountain: Soft Mountain
 2004: Soft Bounds: Live at Le Triton
 2005: Soft Machine Legacy: Live in Zaandam
 2006: Soft Machine Legacy: Soft Machine Legacy

Gæsteoptræden 

 1969: Julie Driscoll: 69
 1970: Keith Tippett: You Are Here... I Am There
 1970: Kevin Ayers: BBC Sessions 1970-1976
 1970: Robert Wyatt: The End Of An Ear
 1971: Keith Tippett: Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening
 1971: Heads Hands & Feet: Heads Hands & Feet
 1971: Reg King: Reg King
 1972: Mike Hugg: Somewhere
 1973: Alexis Korner: Alexis Korner
 1973: Mike Hugg: Stress & Strain
 1974: Hugh Hopper: Monster Band
 1975: 	Brotherhood of Breath: Bremen to Bridgwater
 1975: 	Dudu Pukwana: Diamond Express
 1975: 	Julie Tippetts: Sunset Glow
 1976: Hugh Hopper: Hoppertunity Box
 1976: 	Intercontinental Express: London
 1978: Keith Tippett: Frames
 1978: Carla Bley Band: European Tour 1977
 1979: John Stevens Dance Orchestra: A Luta Continua
 1981: National Health: DS Al Coda
 1984: Keith Tippett: A Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind...
 1984: 	The Big Team: Under The Influence
 1985: 	Phil Miller: Cutting Both Ways
 1985: 	Harry Beckett: Pictures of You
 1987: 	Dennis Gonzalez Dallas-London Sextet: Catechism
 1988: 	Phil Miller: Split Seconds
 1991: 	Joe Gallivan's Soldiers Of The Road: Innocence
 1994: 	John Greaves: Songs
 1996: MASHU: Elephants in your head?
 1999: Roswell Rudd: Broad Strokes
 2003: 	Psychic Warrior: Psychic Warrior
 2003: 	Carol Grimes: Mother
 2003: 	Hugh Hopper: Jazzloops
 2003: 	In Cahoots: All That
 2005: 	The Wrong Object featuring Elton Dean: The Unbelievable Truth

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