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Elton Dean

Elton Dean has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 10 February 2015. Songs played include Seven For Lee, To The Sun and Part: The Last.

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,…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Seven For Lee
Elton Dean, The Wrong Object
Moonjune Records2007
Seven For Lee
Elton Dean, The Wrong ObjectMoonjune Records2007
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To The Sun
Elton Dean, Joe Gallivan, Kenny Wheeler
Ogun1977
To The Sun
Elton Dean, Joe Gallivan, Kenny WheelerOgun1977
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Part: The Last
Elton Dean
CBS1971
Part: The Last
Elton DeanCBS1971
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Something Passed Me By
Elton Dean
CBS1971
Something Passed Me By
Elton DeanCBS1971
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Square Enough Fire
Hopper, Dean, Tippett, Gallivan
Compendium Records1977
Square Enough Fire
Hopper, Dean, Tippett, GallivanCompendium Records1977
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Seven Drones
Hopper, Dean, Tippett, Gallivan
Compendium Records1977
Seven Drones
Hopper, Dean, Tippett, GallivanCompendium Records1977
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Dr. Les Mosses
Elton Dean, Alan Skidmore, Chris Laurence, John Marshall
Vinyl Records1977
Dr. Les Mosses
Elton Dean, Alan Skidmore, Chris Laurence, John MarshallVinyl Records1977
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