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)...

many line-up changes, with musicians such as Andy Summers, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Marshall, Karl Jenkins, Roy Babbington and Allan Holdsworth being...

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...

Dwight used the names of fellow band members Elton Dean and John Baldry to create his new solo stage name of Elton John. Brown went on to form country rock...

Dean, Gowen and Pyle in 1978 was released as Al Dente in 2008. Over ten years after the last Soft Machine spin-off band, Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean formed...

of cooperative bands alongside former Soft Machine saxophonist Elton Dean: 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 Elton Dean, Nick Evans, and Marc Charig and with them started a band. The Keith Tippett...

Wyatt, H. Hopper Brian Hopper 1970 Third Ratledge, Wyatt, H. Hopper, Elton Dean Lyn Dobson, Nick Evans, Jimmy Hastings, Rab Spall 1971 Fourth Evans, Hastings...

their fourth album Iskander. After its release, Mariano was replaced by Elton Dean while Stips left the band to play keyboard in another Dutch band, Golden...

keyboardist Mike Ratledge, drummer and vocalist Robert Wyatt, saxophonist Elton Dean, and bass guitarist Hugh Hopper. Third marks a shift in the group's sound...

by guest performances by Elton Dean, Harry Beckett, Annie Whitehead, Jaap Blonk, and Zappa's percussionist Ed Mann. "Elton Dean & The Wrong Object" and...

playing double bass on all the tracks on side two. Soft Machine Side one: Elton Dean – alto saxophone, saxello; Fender Rhodes electric piano (2) Mike Ratledge...

two of them being ex-members of Soft Machine: indeed, Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean had worked together in Soft Machine, while Alan Gowen and Pip Pyle had...

it features Alan Skidmore, Radu Malfatti, Django Bates, Kenny Wheeler, Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford and many others, including...

changes his name to Elton John, taking his first name from Elton Dean, the saxophonist of Bluesology, and "John" from John Lennon. Elton writes music and...

All compositions by Hugh Hopper except where indicated. Soft Machine Elton Dean – alto saxophone, saxello Mike Ratledge – acoustic piano, Hohner Pianet...

Ratledge 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...

guitarist Vic Juris, Bohemia, toured with Biréli Lagrène, and played in the Elton Dean/John Etheridge Quartet with Fred Baker (bass) and Mark Fletcher (drums)...

Isham (Duns) 1995 If Dubois only knew Elton Dean/Paul Dunmall (Blueprint) 1996 Bladik Mujician/Roswell Rudd/Elton Dean (Cuneiform) 1996 Essential expressions...

first album to feature Karl Jenkins as a member the group, replacing Elton Dean. Jenkins eventually became the de facto leader and main composer of the...

lyrics, only vocal experimentation by Wyatt. It includes Soft Machine's Elton Dean on saxophone and Caravan's Dave Sinclair (who, in 1971, would join Wyatt...

music singer-songwriter Elton Dean (1945–2006), English saxophonist Elton Hayes (1915-2001), British actor and guitarist Elton Ibrahimov (born 1994), Azerbaijani...

has played and recorded with many prominent jazz musicians including Elton Dean, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Dave Liebman, Paul Dunmall, and Evan Parker...

well as playing in other projects, including Soft Heap with Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean and Alan Gowen. He also played on Neil's Heavy Concept Album (1984), a...

and Elton Dean, 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...

was a roadie for Soft Machine in the early 1970s and later played with Elton Dean. "The Exposé Interview: Gary Green of Gentle Giant". Archived from the...

dancer Eddie Dean (disambiguation), several people Elton Dean, jazz musician Everett Dean (1898–1993), American college sports coach Fred Dean (1952–2020)...

Wyatt Kevin Ayers Daevid Allen Andy Summers Hugh Hopper Brian Hopper Elton Dean Lyn Dobson Mark Charig Nick Evans Phil Howard John Marshall Karl Jenkins...

alongside Elton Dean. He appears on The Keith Tippett Group's Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening (1971). Whitehead played live with Elton Dean, Robert...

– Chris Spedding on guitar, John Marshall on drums, album cover by Roger Dean. We'll Talk About It Later (1971) Ian Carr with Nucleus Solar Plexus (1971)...