Donald Dean (born June 21, 1937) is a jazz drummer who has worked with Kenny Dorham, Les McCann and others. A collection related to him is led by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute.[1]
He appears, alongside Les McCann and Eddie Harris, on the soul jazz album Swiss Movement, recorded live on June 21, 1969, at The Montreux Jazz Festival.[2]
His grandson Jamael Dean is a musician who has worked, and performed, with Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Niño. Jamael is signed to Stones Throw Records on which he released his debut record, Black Space Tapes, in November 2019.[3][4]
Discography edit
As sideman edit
With Les McCann
- Swiss Movement (Atlantic, 1969)
- Much Les (Atlantic, 1969)
- Comment (Atlantic, 1970)
- Second Movement (Atlantic, 1971)
- Invitation to Openness (Atlantic, 1972)
- Talk to the People (Atlantic, 1972)
- Live at Montreux (Atlantic, 1973)
- Layers (Atlantic, 1973)
- Les Is More (Night, 1991)
With Jimmy Smith
- Bluesmith (Verve, 1972)
- Paid in Full (Mojo, 1974)
- 75 (Mojo, 1975)
With others
- Earl Anderza, Outa Sight (Pacific Jazz, 1998)
- Carmell Jones, Business Meeting (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
- Horace Tapscott, Live (Americana, 1988)
- Horace Tapscott, Why Don't You Listen? (Dark Tree, 2019)
References edit
- ^ LA Jazz Institute Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swiss Movement - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Jamael Dean - Black Space Tapes | Stones Throw Records". www.stonesthrow.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ "Jamael Dean | Stones Throw Records". www.stonesthrow.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
Sources edit
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-14-102327-9
- Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford/New York, 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8