Elton Dean
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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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- 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
- Movement
- Canterbury scene
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Image
- EltonDean01.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1945-10-28
- date of death
- 2006-02-07
- Commons category
- Elton Dean
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
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