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Elton Dean
Artist Biography For Elton Dean
Elton Dean Born October 28 1945 Nottingham United Kingdom Died February 8 2006 Was A Jazz Musician Who Performed On Alto Saxophone Saxello A Variant Of The Soprano Saxophone And Occasionally Keyboard. Dean's Playing Style Could Be Equally Tonal Or Atonal His Forays Into Rock With Soft Machine Feature A Pioneering Use Of Extreme Amplification Particularly The Live Period Between Albums Third And Fourth . From 1966-67 Dean Was A Member Of The Band Bluesology Led By Long John Baldry. The Band's Pianist Reginald Dwight Afterward Combined Dean's And Baldry's First Names For His Own Stage Name Elton John. Dean Established His Reputation As A Member Of The Keith Tippett Sextet From 1968 To 1970 And In The Band Soft Machine From 1969 To 1972. Shortly Before Leaving Soft Machine He Started His Own Group Just Us. From 1975 To 1978 He Led A Nine-Piece Band Called Ninesense Performing At The Bracknell Jazz Festival And Similar Events. His Own Groups Since Then Usually Quartets Or Quintets Have Most Often Worked In The Free Jazz Mode With Little Or No Pre-Composed Material. At The Same Time He Has Continued To Work With Other Groups That Are Very Composition-Based Such As Guitarist Phil Miller's In Cahoots Drummer Pip Pyle's Equipe Out And Various Projects With Former Soft Machine Bassist Hugh Hopper. In 2002 Dean And Three Other Former Soft Machine Members Hugh Hopper Drummer John Marshall And Guitarist Allan Holdsworth Toured And Recorded Under The Name Soft Works. With Another Former Soft Machine Member Guitarist John Etheridge Replacing Holdsworth They Subsequently Toured And Recorded As Soft Machine Legacy Playing Some Pieces From The Original Soft Machine Repertoire As Well As New Works. Featuring Dean Three Albums Of Theirs Have Been Released Live In Zaandam CD Rec. 2005/05/10 New Morning - The Paris Concert DVD Rec. 2005/12/12 And The Studio Album Soft Machine Legacy CD 2006 Rec. 2005 . Dean's Last Musical Collaborations Also Included Those With Soft Bounds A Quartet Comprised Of Dean Hugh Hopper Sophia Domancich And Simon Goubert Alex Maguire's Project Psychic Warrior And Belgian Rock-Jazz Band The Wrong Object. Despite Ill Health Dean Had Been Planning To Take Part In A February 2006 Tour With Soft Machine Legacy However He Died On The Eighth Of That Month At The Age Of 60 Leaving Behind A Catalog Of Pioneering Work In British Jazz-Rock Avant-Garde Jazz Free Jazz And Creative Improvisation Spanning Over 35 Years.
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Biography - Elton Dean
Elton Dean Born October 28 1945 Nottingham United Kingdom Died February 8 2006 Was A Jazz Musician Who Performed On Alto Saxophone Saxello A Variant Of The Soprano Saxophone And Occasionally Keyboard. Dean's Playing Style Could Be Equally Tonal Or Atonal His Forays Into Rock With Soft Machine Feature A Pioneering Use Of Extreme Amplification Particularly The Live Period Between Albums Third And Fourth . From 1966-67 Dean Was A Member Of The Band Bluesology Led By Long John Baldry. The Band's Pianist Reginald Dwight Afterward Combined Dean's And Baldry's First Names For His Own Stage Name Elton John. Dean Established His Reputation As A Member Of The Keith Tippett Sextet From 1968 To 1970 And In The Band Soft Machine From 1969 To 1972. Shortly Before Leaving Soft Machine He Started His Own Group Just Us. From 1975 To 1978 He Led A Nine-Piece Band Called Ninesense Performing At The Bracknell Jazz Festival And Similar Events. His Own Groups Since Then Usually Quartets Or Quintets Have Most Often Worked In The Free Jazz Mode With Little Or No Pre-Composed Material. At The Same Time He Has Continued To Work With Other Groups That Are Very Composition-Based Such As Guitarist Phil Miller's In Cahoots Drummer Pip Pyle's Equipe Out And Various Projects With Former Soft Machine Bassist Hugh Hopper. In 2002 Dean And Three Other Former Soft Machine Members Hugh Hopper Drummer John Marshall And Guitarist Allan Holdsworth Toured And Recorded Under The Name Soft Works. With Another Former Soft Machine Member Guitarist John Etheridge Replacing Holdsworth They Subsequently Toured And Recorded As Soft Machine Legacy Playing Some Pieces From The Original Soft Machine Repertoire As Well As New Works. Featuring Dean Three Albums Of Theirs Have Been Released Live In Zaandam CD Rec. 2005/05/10 New Morning - The Paris Concert DVD Rec. 2005/12/12 And The Studio Album Soft Machine Legacy CD 2006 Rec. 2005 . Dean's Last Musical Collaborations Also Included Those With Soft Bounds A Quartet Comprised Of Dean Hugh Hopper Sophia Domancich And Simon Goubert Alex Maguire's Project Psychic Warrior And Belgian Rock-Jazz Band The Wrong Object. Despite Ill Health Dean Had Been Planning To Take Part In A February 2006 Tour With Soft Machine Legacy However He Died On The Eighth Of That Month At The Age Of 60 Leaving Behind A Catalog Of Pioneering Work In British Jazz-Rock Avant-Garde Jazz Free Jazz And Creative Improvisation Spanning Over 35 Years.
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