Elton Dean

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1973-1979

6-7/1973, Alexis Korner, CBS Recording Studios, London, sessions for "Alexis Korner" LP

1. Machine Gun And Julie
2. Lies
3. Wild Women & Desperate Man
4. Geneva
5. Hey! Good Lookin'
6. The Thief
7. Captain America
8. Casey Jones
9. Goodnight Irene
10. Doggone My Good Luck Soul !
11. Vicksburg Blues
12. Ford Engine Movements In My Hips, 10,000-Miles Guaranteed

Alexis Korner - guitar,vocals
Elton Dean - alto sax on 2,3,7
Ron Aspery - sax
Eddie Mordue - sax
Harold Beckett - trumpet
Mel Collins - horn
Nick Evans - trombone
Duster Bennett - harmonica
Peter Thorup - guitar, vocals
Tim Hinkley - piano
Mike Patto - piano
Zoot Money - keyboards
John Cameron - keyboards
Boz Burrell - bass
Colin Hodgkinson - bass
Tony Carr - drums
Ian Wallace - drums

released as Alexis Korner (Polydor 1974 LP)

Pictures of 01/09/1973, Elton Dean with Just Us, Bromley Library Gardens, London


From left to right: Harry Miller, Nick Evans, Marc Charig, Jeff Green, Elton Dean


Marc Charig, Elton Dean


From left to right: Marc Charig, Elton Dean, Nick Evans


From left to right: Jeff Green, Harry Miller, Marc Charig, Elton Dean, Nick Evans

Sometime in 1973 (?), Mike Hugg, sessions for "Stress & Strain" LP

1. Stress & Strain
2. Picture of you
3. Woman
4. Peace in your Smile
5. So Sorry please
6. Solitaire
7. Tonight
8. If You're Missing Me
9. Paradise City
10. Forget to remember

Mike Hugg - keyboards, vocals
Elton Dean - alto sax on 1,9
Ian Carr - horn on 1,9
Lyn Dobson - horn on 1,9
Sonny Corbett - horn
Kevin Peek - guitar
Eddy Grant - guitar
David Heath Hadfield - guitar
Tony Rivers - keyboards, vocals
Kim Gardner - bass
Paul Westwood - bass
Mickey Waller - drums

released as Stress & Strain (Polydor 1973 LP)

20/3/1974, Hugh Hopper's Monster Band, Bordeaux, France

1. Sliding Dogs
2. Lily Kong
3. Nozzles Tecalemit
4. Get Together

Hugh Hopper - bass
Elton Dean - saxello
Jean-Pierre Carolfi - keyboards
Jean-Pierre Weiller - bass
Mike Travis - drums

released on Hugh Hopper - Monster Band (Atmosphere 1978 LP - Culture Press CD)

26/2/1975 Brotherhood of Breath, Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater, England

1. The Serpent's Kindly Eye
2. Untitled Original

Elton Dean - alto sax
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
Mike Osborne - alto sax, clarinet
Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
Harry Beckett - trumpet
Mongezi Feza - trumpet
Marc Charig - trumpet
Nick Evans - trombone
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Chris McGregor - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Keith Bailey - drums

released on Brotherhood of Breath - Bremen to Bridgwater (Cuneiform 2004 CD)

19/5/1975 Elton Dean's Ninesense, sessions for Jazz in Britain on BBC Radio 3

1. Dancin'
2. Soothing
3. Sweet Francesca
4. Bidet Bebop

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Mongezi Feza - pocket trumpet
Marc Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Paul Nieman - trombone
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

released on Live at the BBC (Hux 2003 CD)

Autumn 1975 (?), Dudu Pukwana, sessions for "Diamond Express" LP

1. Ubaqile (See Saw)
2. Diamond Express
3. Madodana (The Young Ones)
4. Tete And Barbs In My Mind
5. Bird Lives

1-3,5
Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
Mongezi Feza - trumpet
Frank Roberts - keyboards
Lucky Ranko - guitar
Ernest Mothole - double bass, bass
James Mene - drums
Louis Moholo - drums, percussion

4
Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
Mongezi Feza - trumpet
Elton Dean - saxello
Nick Evans - trombone
Keith Tippett - piano
Lucky Ranko - guitar
Victor Ntoni - double bass
Louis Moholo - drums, percussion

released as Diamond Express (Arista/Freedom 1977 LP - Freedom Japan CD) and as Ubagile (Jazz Colours 1999 CD)

11/11/1975 Brotherhood of Breath, Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater, England

1. Sonia
2. Now
3. Yes, Please
4. Restless
5. Kwhalo
6. Untitled Original

Elton Dean - alto sax
Mike Osborne - alto sax, clarinet
Dudu Pukwana - alto sax
Bruce Grant - baritone sax
Evan Parker - tenor sax, soprano sax
Harry Beckett - trumpet
Mongezi Feza - trumpet
Marc Charig - trumpet
Nick Evans - trombone
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Chris McGregor - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

released on Brotherhood of Breath - Bremen to Bridgwater (Cuneiform 2004 CD)

Sometime in 1975, Julie Tippetts, London, sessions for "Sunset Glow" LP

1. Mind Of A Child
2. Oceans And Sky (and Questions Why)
3. Sunset Glow
4. Now If You Remember
5. Lilies
6. Shifting Still
7. What Is Living?
8. Behind The Eyes

1
Julie Tippetts - vocals, piano
Keith Tippett - harmonium
Brian Godding - guitar
Mark Charig - cornet
Nick Evans - trombone
Elton Dean - alto sax

2
Julie Tippetts - vocals, guitar
Keith Tippett - piano
Brian Godding - guitar
Mark Charig - cornet
Nick Evans - trombone
Elton Dean - alto sax
Louis Moholo - drums
Brian Belshaw - double bass

3
Julie Tippetts - vocals, piano
Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Harry Miller - double bass

4
Julie Tippetts - vocals, guitar
Brian Godding - guitar

5
Julie Tippetts - vocals, piano, guitar, clay drum

6
Julie Tippetts - vocals, guitar
Keith Tippett - piano

7
Julie Tippetts - vocals, guitar, tambourine
Brian Godding - guitar

8
Julie Tippetts - vocals, piano

released as Sunset Glow (Utopia Buli 1975 LP - Disconforme CD)

22/3/1976, Elton Dean's Ninesense, Grass Roots Jazz Club at the 100 Club, London

1. Dance
2. Fall In Free
3. For Soothe
4. M.T.
5. Friday Night Blues
6. Prayer For Jesus

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn
Mark Charig - trumpet, tenor horn
Nick Evans - trombone
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - double bass
Louis Moholo - drums

released as Oh ! For The Edge (Ogun 1976 LP)

8-9/5/1976, 15-17/5/1976, 19-21/5/1976, Hugh Hopper, Mobile Mobile, London, sessions for "Hoppertunity Box" LP

1. Hopper Tunity Box
2. Miniluv
3. Gnat Prong
4. The Lonely Sea And The Sky
5. Crumble
6. Lonely Woman (Coleman)
7. Mobile Mobile
8. Spanish Knee
9. Oyster Perpetual

1.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Gary Windo - bass clarinet, sax
Dave Stewart - organ, pianet, oscillators
Mike Travis - drums

2.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Gary Windo - bass clarinet, sax
Richard Brunton - guitar
Mike Travis - drums

3.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Dave Stewart - organ, pianet, oscillators
Mike Travis - drums

4.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Frank Roberts - electric piano
Mike Travis - drums

5.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Gary Windo - bass clarinet, sax
Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Frank Roberts - electric piano
Richard Brunton - guitar
Mike Travis - drums

6.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Gary Windo - bass clarinet, sax

7.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Dave Stewart - organ, pianet, oscillators
Nigel Morris - drums

8.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Frank Roberts - electric piano
Mike Travis - drums

9.
Hugh Hopper - bass, guitar, recorders, soprano sax, percussion

released as Hopper Tunity Box (Compendium 1977 LP - Culture Press CD)


Cover of "Cruel But Fair"

14/10/1976, Hopper/Dean/Tippett/Gallivan, The Basement, Oslo, Norway, sessions for "Cruel But Fair" LP

1. Seven Drones
2. Jannakota
3. Echoes
4. Square Enough Fire
5. Rocky Recluse
6. Bjorn Free
7. Soul Fate

Hugh Hopper - bass
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Keith Tippett - piano, electric piano
Joe Gallivan - drums, percussion, synthesizer on 2, 4 & 5

released as Cruel But Fair (Compendium 1977 LP - One Way CD)

18/11/1976, Elton Dean Quartet, Seven Dials, London

1. Naima (Coltrane)
2. Dede-Burbup (Dean)
3. Nancy (With The Laughing Face) (Van-Heusen/Silvers)
4. Easy Living (Robin/Rainger)
5. Overdoing It (Moholo/Lawrence)
6. Not Too Much (Dean/Tippett)

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Keith Tippett - piano
Chris Laurence - double bass
Louis Moholo - drums

released as They All Be On This Old Road (Ogun 1977 LP)

Somewhere in 1976-1977, Intercontinental Express, Freerange Studios, London, sessions for "London" LP

1. Cry of Hope
2. Human Syndrome
3. Hash
4. Branetu
5. The Sphinx / The Lynx
6. Kingfisher Blue

Charles Austin - sax, flute
Joe Gallivan - synthesizer, drums
Paul Robinson - drums
Roy Babbington - bass
Jeff Green - guitar
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet. flugelhorn
Elton Dean - sax
Nick Evans - trombone
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Ronnie Scott - sax
Toni Cook - horn
Tony Randell - horn
Stephen Wick - tuba

released as London (Compendium 1977 LP)


Cover of El Skid

25-26/2/1977, Elton Dean & Alan Skidmore, Riverside Studios, London, session for "El Skid" LP

1. Dr. Les Mosses
2. First In The Attic
3. That's For Cha
4. K And A Blues

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax, soprano sax
Chris Laurence - double bass
John Marshall - drums

released as El Skid (Vinyl 1977 LP - Voiceprint 2001 CD)

3/1977, Dean/Wheeler/Gallivan, sessions for "The Cheque Is In The Mail" LP

1. In Spite Of It
2. Steps
3. First Team
4. Ragadagger
5. To The Sun
6. Off Your Beaver
7. Appropo
8. Fragment Of Memory
9. No Bounds
10. Time Test

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn
Joe Gallivan - drums, synthesizer, percussion

released as The Cheque Is In The Mail (Ogun 1977 LP)

2-5/6/1977, Hopper/Dean/Tippett/Gallivan, Riverside Studios, Barnes, sessions for "Mercy Dash" LP

1. Intro
2. Calyx (Miller)
3. Waffle Dust
4. Brass Wind Bells
5. Anguishy
6. Waffling Again
7. Punkom

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Keith Tippett - piano
Hugh Hopper - bass
Joe Gallivan - drums, percussion, synthesizer

released as Mercy Dash (Culture Press 1985 LP - Culture Press CD)

26/7/1977, Elton Dean's Ninesense, Redan Recorders, London, sessions for "Happy Daze" LP

1. Nicrotto
2. Seven For Lee
3. Sweet F.A.
4. Three For All

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn
Mark Charig - trumpet, tenor horn
Nick Evans - trombone
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - double bass
Louis Moholo - drums

released as Happy Daze (Ogun 1978 LP)


Carla Bley Band 1977 (ltr standing: Bob Stewart, Terry Adams, Mike Mantler, Roswell Rudd, Hugh Hopper, Andrew Cyrille,
Elton , sitting: Carla, John Clarke, Gary Windo). Photo from inside of European Tour CD.

9/1977, Carla Bley Band, Bavaria Musik Studios, Munich, sessions for "European Tour 1977" LP

1. Rose And Sad Song
2. Wrong Key Donkey
3. Drinking Music
4. Spangled Banner Minor And Other Patriotic Songs

Carla Bley - organ, tenor sax
Michael Mantler - trumpet
Elton Dean - alto sax
Gary Windo - tenor sax
John Clarke - French horn, guitar
Roswell Rudd - trombone
Bob Stewart - tuba
Terry Adams - piano
Hugh Hopper - bass guitar, bass drum on 3
Andrew Cyrille - drums

released as European Tour 1977 (Watt 1978 LP - ECM CD)

17/3/1978 Elton Dean's Ninesense, sessions for Jazz in Britain on BBC Radio 3

1. Nicra
2. Seven for Me

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Harry Beckett - trumpet
Marc Charig - cornet, tenor horn
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Nick Evans - trombone
Alan Skidmore - tenor sax
Keith Tippett - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums

released on Live at the BBC (Hux 2003 CD)

22-24/5/1978, Keith Tippett's Ark, Wessex Studios, London, sessions for "Frames" LP

1. Frames part 1
2. Frames part 2
3. Frames part 3
4. Frames part 4

Keith Tippett - piano
Stan Tracey - piano
Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Trevor Watts - alto sax, soprano sax
Brian Smith - tenor sax, soprano sax, alto flute
Larry Stabbins - tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
Mark Charig - trumpet, small trumpet, tenor horn, Kenyan thumb piano
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Dave Amis - trombone
Nick Evans - trombone
Maggie Nichols - voice
Julie Tippetts - voice
Steve Levine - violin
Rod Skeaping - violin
Phil Wachsmann - electric violin, violin
Geoffrey Wharton - violin
Alexandra Robinson - 'cello
Tim Kramer - 'cello
Peter Kowald - bass, tuba
Harry Miller - bass
Louis Moholo - drums
Frank Perry - percussion

released as Frames, Music For An Imaginary Film (Ogun 1978 LP - Ogun CD)

5/1978, Soft Head, Chez Jacky, Bresse-Sur-Grosne, France

1. Seven For Lee
2. Seven Drones
3. Remain So
4. Ranova
5. C You Again
6. C.R.R.C.
7. One Three Nine

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Alan Gowen - electric piano, synthesizer
Hugh Hopper - bass
Dave Sheen - drums

released as Rogue Element (Ogun 1978 LP - Ogun CD)

2-7/10/1978, Soft Heap, Pathway Studios, London, sessions for "Soft Heap" LP

1. Circle Line
2. A.W.O.L.
3. Petit
4. Terra Nova
5. Fara
6. Short Hand

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Alan Gowen - piano, synthesizers
Hugh Hopper - bass
Pip Pyle - drums

on 5 add:
Radu Malfatti - trombone
Marc Charig - trumpet

released as Soft Heap (Charly 1978 LP - Spalax CD)

Summer/Autumn 1979, Elton Dean, sessions

1. Auricga
2. Triangulum
3. Pleiade
4. Toon
5. Hyades
6. Lyra

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello
Marcio Mattos - double bass on 1-2, 5-6
Ivan Zagni - guitar on 1-2. 5-6
Pip Pyle - drums on 3-4

released as Three's Company, Two's A Crowd (Culture Press 1997 CD)

24/10/1979, John Stevens Dance Orchestra, sessions for "A Luta Continua" LP

1. Daffodils
2. Some People
3. Home
4. Birds

John Martyn - voice, guitar
Pepi Lemer - voice
Jon Corbett - trumpet
Paul Rutherford - euphonium
Robert Calvert - tenor sax
Trevor Watts - soprano sax
Lol Coxhill - soprano sax
Elton Dean - saxello
Nigel Moyse - guitar
Tim Stone - guitar
Mark Hewins - guitar
Paul Rogers - double bass
Ron Herman - double bass
Nick Stephens - bass guitar
Andre Holmes - bass guitar
Francis Dixon - percussion
John Stevens - drums

released on A Luta Continua (Konnex 1994 CD)

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