Skip to content
EntityQ631018· pop 16· linked from 162 articles

Elton Dean

Sign in to save

British saxophonist (1945–2006)

Music · MusicBrainz

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

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,465
Total plays
13,204

Tags

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.

via Last.fm · Elton Dean

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Dean
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Nottingham
Place of death
London
Occupation
record producer
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
saxophone
Image
EltonDean01.jpg
Show 4 more facts
date of birth
1945-10-28
date of death
2006-02-07
Commons category
Elton Dean
start of work period
1966-00-00
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0