Sono già ora noti i dettagli del concerto londinese che si terrà il 9 maggio 2006 al 100 Club in ricordo del compianto Elton Dean (Nottingham, 28 ottobre 1945-Londra, 8 febbraio 2006).
Questa la probabile scaletta, suscettibile naturalmente di variazioni e integrazioni:
h 20-20:25: Dreamtime (Jim Dvorak, Gary Curson, Nick Evans, Keith Tippett,Roberto Bellatalla, Jim Le Bague)
h 20:30-20:45: Mark Hewins & Mark Sanders
h 20:55-21:25: Dartington Improvisers Trio (Keith & Julie Tippett, Paul Dunmall)
h 21:30-22: Soft Machine Legacy (Theo Travis, John Etheridge, Hugh Hopper, John Marshall)
h 22:10-22:30: Maggie Nicols, Jim Dvorak, Joe Gallivan
h 22:40-23:10: Mark Charig, Paul Rutherford, Evan Parker, Larry Stabbins, John Edwards, Louis Moholo
h 23:15-23:35: Harry Beckett, Lol Coxhill, Alex Maguire, Marcio Mattos, Tony Marsh
PRESS RELEASE - ELTON DEAN MEMORIAL CONCERT
On February 8 th 2006, sadly, the jazz world lost one of the major contributors to the development of jazz and improvised music here in England and Europe during the mid sixties to a week before his death.Working with many different aspects of this creative community from Keith Tippetts’ small groups, they met at the Barry Summer school with Nick Evans and Mark Charig, Centipede, Ark and Tapestry Orchestra, to Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper in the Soft Machine, Brotherhood of Breath, to his own groups quartets, quintet, the famous Ninesense, and many more. He was a truly individual, professional, and very creative saxophonist, who will be sorely missed.On May 9th at the 100 Club in London many of the musicians who were his friends and fellow travellors along this road will play in tribute to him. Playing in various combinations there will be contributions from the Dartington Improvisors Trio, Soft Machine Legacy , Dreamtime, duos, Trios, Quintets, Sextets featuring: Harry Beckett, Roberto Bellatalla, Mark Charig, Lol Coxhill,Gary Curson, Paul Dunmall, Jim Dvorak, John Edwards, John Etheridge, Nick Evans, Joe Gallivan, Mark Hewins, Hugh Hopper, Jim Le Baigue, Alex Maguire, Tony Marsh, John Marshall, Marcio Mattos, Louis Moholo, Maggie Nicols, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford, Mark Sanders, Larry Stabbins, Keith & Julie Tippetts, Theo Travis.