Let's make this birthday one to remember.

79 years old (Born on October 28, 1945)

Happy Birthday to the legendary Elton Dean! From your soulful saxophone solos with Soft Machine to your groundbreaking keyboard grooves in the Keith Tippett Sextet, you've always known how to jazz things up. Your music has aged like fine wine—smooth, vibrant, and occasionally leaving us delightfully dizzy.

Whether it was improvising mind-bending melodies or pioneering progressive jazz-rock fusion, you've consistently hit all the right notes. Here's hoping your birthday is as timelessly cool as your iconic performances. Keep blowing minds (and saxophones) for many more years—after all, great musicians never retire; they just take longer solos!