Elton Dean

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1980-1989

early/2/1980, Elton Dean Quintet, Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany, sessions for "Boundaries" LP

1. Boundaries

2. Oasis

3. Basho

4. Out Of Bounds

5. Fast News

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Keith Tippett - piano, marimba, voice, bottle

Mark Charig - cornet

Marcio Mattos - double bass

Louis Moholo - drums

released as Boundaries (Japo 1980 LP)

6-11/10/1981, National Health, Matrix, London, sessions for "D.S. Al Coda" LP

1. Portrait Of A Shrinking Man

2. T.N.T.F.X.

3. Black Hat

4. I Feel A Night Coming On

5. Arriving Twice

6. Shining Water

7. Tales Of A Damson Knight

8. Flanagan's People

9. Toad Of Toad Hall

Dave Stewart - keyboards

Phil Miller - guitar

John Greaves - bass

Pip Pyle - drums, electric drums

Ted Emmett - trumpet

Annie Whitehead - trombone

Amanda Parsons - backing vocals

Barbara Gaskin - backing vocals

Jimmy Hastings - flute

Elton Dean - saxello

Richard Sinclair - vocals

released as D.S. Al Coda (Europa 1982 LP - Voiceprint/ESD CD)

5-7/3/1982, Soft Heap, Jacky Barbier's, Bresse-Sur-Grosne

1. Dying Dolphins

2. A Veritable Centaur

3. Space Funk

4. Tunnel Vision

5. Nutty Dread

6. Bossa Nochance

7. Jackie's Acrylic Coat

8. Thaid Up

9. A Flap

10. Day the Thirst Stood Still

Mark Hewins - guitar, voice, echo unit

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, flute

John Greaves - bass, voice, organ

Pip Pyle - drums, electric drums

Alain Eckert - synthesizer guitar on 3 & 10

released on A Veritable Centaur (Impetus 1995 CD)

31/5/1983, Soft Heap, BBC Session, London

1. Toot De Sweet

Mark Hewins - guitar, voice, echo unit

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello, flute

John Greaves - bass, voice, organ

Pip Pyle - drums, electric drums

released on A Veritable Centaur (Impetus 1995 CD)

25/10/1984, Keith Tippett Septet, Barnfield Theatre, EXeter, sessions for "A Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind Floating with Only My Will for an Anchor" LP

1. Part 1

2. Part 2

3. Part 3

4. Part 4

5. Dedicated To Mingus

Larry Stabbins - tenor sax, soprano sax

Elton Dean - saxello & alto sax on 5

Mark Charig - cornet, tenor horn

Nick Evans - trombone

Paul Rogers - double bass

Tony Levin - drums, percussion

Keith Tippett - piano

released as A Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind Floating with Only My Will for an Anchor (Ogun 1985 LP)

Sometime in 1984 (?), Ken Hyder's Big Team, sessions for "Under The Influence" LP

1. Jute's Oot

2. Owed to Philly Joe

3. A Night in Benbecula

4. Hipsters, Flipsters, and Soapy Soutar's Sisters

Elton Dean -saxello, wooden flute

Nick Evans - trombone

Ted Emmett - trumpet

Chris Biscoe - saxes, alto clarinet

Paul Rogers - double bass

Roberto Bellatalla - double bass

Tony Marsh - drums

Ken Hyder - drums

released as Under The Influence (Konnex 1984 LP)

18/4/1985, Elton Dean Quintet, Osteria Delle Dame, Bologna, Italy

1. Port Of Call

2. Dust Up

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Harry Beckett - trumpet

Nick Evans - trombone

Marcio Mattos - double bass

Liam Genockey - drums

released as The Bologna Tape (Ogun 1988 LP)

Cover of "Equip' Out"

28-31/10/1985, l'Equip' Out, Village Studios, Montpellier
1-2/11/1985 Sax'Aphone, two live gigs for "Pip Pyle's Equip' Out" LP

1. Foetal Fandango

2. Hannello

3. Midnight Judo

4. Jocelyn

5. Porc-Epic

6. Janna

7. Excerpt From 'Rêve De Singe'

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Didier Malherbe - tenor sax, flute

Sophia Domancich - piano, synthesizer

Hugh Hopper - bass

Pip Pyle - drums

released as Pip Pyle's Equip'Out (52e Rue 1987 LP - Voiceprint 2000 CD)

In Cahoots 9185 (ltr. Phil Miller, Elton, Pete Lemer, Pip Pyle, Hugh Hopper)

12-13/11/1985, In Cahoots, Spaceward Studios, Cambridge, sessions for "Cutting Both Ways" LP

1. Green & Purple Extract/Hic Haec Hoc/A Simple Man

2. Eastern Region

3. Second Sight

4. Hard Shoulder

5. Figures Of Speech

6. Green & Purple

Phil Miller - guitar

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Peter Lemer - synthesizer

Hugh Hopper - bass

Pip Pyle - drums

released on Phil Miller - Cutting Both Ways (Cuneiform/Impetus 1987 LP - Cuneiform CD)

Sometime in 1985 (?), Harry Beckett, Wave Studios, sessions for "Pictures of You" LP

1. What's The Secret

2. Pictures Of You

3. One Step Ahead

4. In Case You Hadn't Heard Mrs Smith Is Here

5. The Chosen One

Harry Beckett - trumpet

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Pete Sabberton - piano

Mick Hutton - double bass

Tony Marsh - drums

Tim Whitehead - tenor sax on 3

Leroy Osborne - vocals on 2

released as Pictures of You (Paladin Records/Virgin 1985 LP)

3/1986, Elton Dean Quintet, Sao Paulo, sessions for "Welcomet" LP

1. Welcomet

2. Rio Rules

3. Obrigado

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Harry Beckett - trumpet

Paul Rutherford - trombone

Marcio Mattos - double bass

Liam Genockey - drums

released as Welcomet (Impetus 1987 LP)

23/5/1986, In Cahoots, Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany

1. Wanglo Saxon (Hopper)

2. Janna (Dean)

3. Above & Below (Miller)

Phil Miller - guitar, guitar synthesizer

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Peter Lemer - keyboards

Hugh Hopper - bass

Pip Pyle - drums

released on Phil Miller - In Cahoots Live 1986-1989 (Mantra 1991 CD)

14/7/1987, Dennis Gonzalez & Dallas-London Sextet, Boathouse Studio, London, sessions for "Catechism" CD

1. Surely Goodness and Mercy (Kwela for Carol) Take One

2. The Sunny Murray-Cecil Taylor Dancing Lesson

3. Hymn for John Carter

4. Catechism (Part One)

5. Catechism (Part Two)

6. Surely Goodness and Mercy (Kwela for Carol) Take Two

7. The Names We Are Known By

Dennis Gonzalez - trumpet

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Rob Blakeslee - trumpet, flugelhorn

Kim Corbet - trombone on 4 & 5

Keith Tippett - piano

Marcio Mattos - double bass

Louis Moholo - drums

released as Catechism (Daagnim 1987 CD)

6-7/7/1988, In Cahoots, Woodcray Studios, London, sessions for "Split Seconds" LP

1. And Thus Far

2. Truly Yours

3. Double Talk

4. Your Root 2

5. Foreign Bodies

Phil Miller - guitar, guitar-synthesizer

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Steve Franklin - synthesizer

Fred Baker - bass

Pip Pyle - drums

released on Phil Miller - Split Seconds (Reckless 1989 LP/CD)

Sometime in 1988, Elton Dean, London, sessions for "Duos" Tape

1. He Who Dares

2. P.R. Department

3. K.T.

4. Small Strides

5. Oh Really ?

6. Riolity

7. He Wins

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Mark Hewins - guitar on 1 & 7

Paul Rogers - double bass on 2

Keith Tippett - piano on 3

Howard Riley - piano on 5

Marcio Mattos - double bass on 6

released as Duos (ED Tapes 1988 tape), tracks 1-3 & 6 appear on Two's and Three's (Voiceprint 95 CD), track 7 to be included on Moor Than (Cuneiform 2000 CD)

7/5/1989, Elton Dean, Covent Garden Jazz Saxophone Festival, London

1. Unda

2. Rising

3. Seven for Lee

4. Small Strides

5. Fall In Free

6. One Three Nine

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Paul Dunmall - tenor sax, baritone sax

Simon Picard - tenor sax

Trevor Watts - alto sax

Paul Rogers - double bass

Tony Levin - drums

released as Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company (Ogun 1990 CD)

18/10/1989, In Cahoots, 0'42, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

1. For The Moment (Miller)

Phil Miller - guitar, guitar synthesizer

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Steve Franklin - keyboards

Fred Thelonious Baker - bass

Pip Pyle - drums

released on Phil Miller - In Cahoots Live 1986-1989 (Mantra 1991 CD)

25/10/1989, In Cahoots, Bass Clef, London

1. All Is Not Lost (Franklin)

2. Red Shift (Miller)

Phil Miller - guitar, guitar synthesizer

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Steve Franklin - keyboards

Fred Thelonious Baker - bass

Pip Pyle - drums

released on Phil Miller - In Cahoots Live 1986-1989 (Mantra 1991 CD)

Sometime in 1989, Elton Dean, London, sessions for "Trios" Tape

1. Reconciliation

2. Unda

3. The Return

4. Rising

5. Ova

6. Reunion

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Marcio Mattos - double bass

Howard Riley - piano

John Etheridge - guitar

Fred T. Baker - bass

Keith Tippett - piano

released as Trios (ED Tapes 1989 tape), tracks 1 & 4 appear on Two's and Three's (Voiceprint 95 CD)

Sometime in 1989, Elton Dean Quartet

1. The Duke

and more?

Elton Dean - alto sax, saxello

Paul Dunmall - tenor sax

Paul Rogers - double bass

Tony Levin - drums

released as EDQ Live (ED 1989 tape), track 1 appears on Two's And Three's (Voiceprint 95 CD)

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