“The saxophone player was called Elton Dean. And I thought, ‘Elton! There’s not many Eltons in the world, that’s pretty unusual,'” the “Tiny Dancer” singer recalled thinkin ...

John then shared the origins of his chosen name, explaining that he took “Elton” from Elton Dean, a member of the British band Bluesology that John was also a part of. John said he changed his ...

Seven For Lee; Millennium (The Wrong Object); Baker's Treat; The Unbelievable Truth; A Cannery Catastrophe; Cunnimingus Redux; The Basho Variations. Elton Dean: alto sax, saxello; Jean-Paul ...

Mongezi Feza (pocket trumpet on "Dancin'", "Soothing," "Sweet Francesca," "Bidet Bebop"), Marc Charig (cornet, tenor horn), Harry Beckett (trumpet on "Nicra," "Seven ...

after John Baldry and Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean. (Some years later he made Elton Hercules John his legal name; Hercules was a childhood nickname.) John and Taupin took their songs to music ...