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Elton Dean

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British saxophonist (1945–2006)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1917-06-07
Active to
1995-12-25

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Listeners
1,465
Total plays
13,204

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jazzfree jazzAvant-Gardeinstrumentalsaxophone

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.

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