Elton Dean

Elton Dean
Elton Dean
Information
Født	28. oktober 1945 ; Nottingham, Storbritannien
Oprindelse	Storbritannien
Død	8. februar 2006 (60 år), 7. februar 2006 (60 år) ; London, Storbritannien
Genre	Jazz

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