ELTON DEAN RIP - 1945-2006

Elton Dean passed away on the evening of February 7^th in a London hospital due to heart and liver failure, on the day before he was to embark on a series of Soft Machine reunion gigs. Elton’s untimely death is a sad loss for many. It also puts an abrupt end to an exciting collaboration and a burgeoning friendship with The Wrong Object.  

The following footage from Elton’s recent Paris concert with the band will remain on our website as a tribute to Elton’s continuing inspiration and his willingness to collaborate with like-minded musicians around the globe after 40-odd years as one of the world’s best loved sax players.

You can read the first obituaries here:

The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1706477,00.html

Libération http://www.liberation.com/page.php?Article=358899

The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2037466,00.html

All About Jazz http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=8788

Music in Belgium http://www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5784

Citizen Jazz http://www.citizenjazz.com/article3457469.html

Listen to samples

The Wrong Object & Elton Dean
“The Unbelievable Truth” (MJR009)

official remastered release available **in February 2007** from Moonjune Records

1. Seven For Lee (Dean) 12:50
2. Millenium Jumble (The Wrong Object) 12:22
3. Baker’s Treat (Dean) 8:27
4. A Cannery Catastrophe (Delville) 8:27
5. The Unbelievable Truth (Delville) 11:45
6. Cunnimingus Redux (Delville) 8:31
7. The Basho Variations (Dean) 3:20

Elton Dean: saxello, alto sax
Laurent Delchambre: drums & perc.
Fred Delplancq: tenor sax
Michel Delville: guitar, voice
Jean-Paul Estiévenart: trumpet
Damien Polard: bass

Recorded live on Tuesday October 18, 2005

(c) 2005 Elton Dean and The Wrong Object
wrongobject@hotmail.comom
http://moonjune.com/
http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/dean.html
 

mp3s

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Seven For Lee (Dean) download
The Unbelievable Truth (Delville)  download
Baker's Treat (Dean)  download
A Cannery Catastrophe (Delville)  download