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
Eksterne henvisninger
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