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Article: Multiple Reviews

Soft Machine: Third through Seven Remasters

Read "Soft Machine: Third through Seven Remasters" reviewed by John Kelman


While the merits of remastered reissues are the source of considerable debate, there's no denying that the discography of pioneering British jazz/rock band Soft Machine has been more deserving of attention than most. In the group's fourteen-year existence it shifted gears more often than outfits lasting considerably longer. Beginning in the late 1960s as a psychedelic ...

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Article: Album Review

Elton Dean – Hugh Hopper - Hoppy Kamiyama - Yoshida Tatsuya: Soft Mountain

Read "Soft Mountain" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Nel 2003 il saxofonista Elton Dean e il bassista Hugh Hopper erano in tour in Giappone, assieme ad Allan Hodsworth e a John Marshall, con il progetto Soft Works e il bassista decise di contattare il noto tastierista giapponese Hoppy Kamiyama per programmare un incontro in studio capace di generare materiale da pubblicare. Il tastierista non ...

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Northern Lights

Label: Elton Dean Tapes
Released: 2006

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Elton

Label: Elton Dean Tapes
Released: 2006

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Silent Knowledge / Bladik

Read "Silent Knowledge / Bladik" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Questi due dischi del catalogo Cuneiform, finalmente distribuiti in Italia, meritano un'attenzione particolare. Ci ricordano in primo luogo le doti di Elton Dean, il sassofonista dei Soft Machine e dei Centipede scomparso l'8 febbraio scorso all'età di sessant'anni. Sul solco della celebre Scuola di Canterbury, Dean contibuì a creare un'originale fusione col rock senza esaurirsi in ...

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News: Obituary

Former Soft Machine Saxophone Player Elton Dean Dies

Former Soft Machine Saxophone Player Elton Dean Dies

British jazz saxophonist Elton Dean died on the evening of February 7th, 2006, in a London hospital. For the last year in particular he had been suffering from heart and liver related health problems. He was 60. Dean first gained acclaim as a member of the Keith Tippett Group, led by the English pianist and featuring ...

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Avant

Label: Hux Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Avant-Apres; No Fuss; No Bother; Les Portes-En-R

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Article: Album Review

Elton Dean & Sophia Domancich: Avant

Read "Avant" reviewed by John Kelman


Saxophonist Elton Dean first came to fame in the late '60s as a member of pianist Keith Tippett's sextet, and perhaps more prominently as part of what is now considered to be the classic Soft Machine lineup that recorded Third, Fourth and Fifth. Since that time he's been involved in a variety of projects--both as a ...

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Sea Of Infinity

Label: Hux Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Steam Rooming; Boat'ing; Sibyling; Beer Can and X

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Live at the BBC

Label: Hux Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Dancin'; Soothing; Sweet Francesca; Bidet Bebop; Nicra; Seven for Me


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