8 February 2006(2006-02-08) (aged 60) London, England
Genres
Jazz
blues[1]
rock[1]
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
record producer
Instrument(s)
Saxophone
saxello
keyboards
Years active
1966–2006
Musical artist
Elton Dean (28 October 1945 – 8 February 2006) was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello (a variant of the soprano saxophone) and occasionally keyboards. Part of the Canterbury scene, he featured in Soft Machine, among others.[2]
^ ab"Elton Dean Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^Sutcliffe, Phil (5 March 1991). "Where are they Now? Soft Machine". Q. 55: 33.
EltonDean (28 October 1945 – 8 February 2006) was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello (a variant of the soprano saxophone)...
many line-up changes, with musicians such as Andy Summers, Hugh Hopper, EltonDean, John Marshall, Karl Jenkins, Roy Babbington and Allan Holdsworth being...
Dwight used the names of fellow band members EltonDean and John Baldry to create his new solo stage name of Elton John. Brown went on to form country rock...
Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. Acclaimed by critics and musicians...
of cooperative bands alongside former Soft Machine saxophonist EltonDean: Hopper/Dean/Tippett/Gallivan (with pianist Keith Tippett and drummer Joe Gallivan)...
he attended the Barry Summer School Jazz Course in Wales, where he met EltonDean, Nick Evans, and Marc Charig and with them started a band. The Keith Tippett...
it features Alan Skidmore, Radu Malfatti, Django Bates, Kenny Wheeler, EltonDean, Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford and many others, including...
and EltonDean, later of Soft Machine, as well as Caleb Quaye on guitar. Dwight, when he began to record as a solo artist, adopted the name Elton John...
guitarist Vic Juris, Bohemia, toured with Biréli Lagrène, and played in the EltonDean/John Etheridge Quartet with Fred Baker (bass) and Mark Fletcher (drums)...
well as playing in other projects, including Soft Heap with Hugh Hopper, EltonDean and Alan Gowen. He also played on Neil's Heavy Concept Album (1984), a...
he attended music lessons, and was educated by avant-garde musicians Mal Dean and Rab Spall. After his graduation, Ratledge intended to go to a university...
lyrics, only vocal experimentation by Wyatt. It includes Soft Machine's EltonDean on saxophone and Caravan's Dave Sinclair (who, in 1971, would join Wyatt...
has played and recorded with many prominent jazz musicians including EltonDean, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Dave Liebman, Paul Dunmall, and Evan Parker...
Kopecky and EltonDean. Soft Works (billed as "Software" before their name change) consisted of Hugh Hopper, Allan Holdsworth, EltonDean and John Marshall...
recorded British avant-garde jazz musicians Keith Tippett, Mike Osborne, EltonDean, Lol Coxhill, Harry Beckett, Trevor Watts and their collaborations with...
Harry Beckett, Marc Charig, Alan Skidmore, Jim Dvorak, Mike Osborne, EltonDean, Nick Evans, and John Surman. The personnel was fluid, depending on who...
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