Jamael Dean is a jazz pianist and producer whose collaborators include Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, and Carlos Niño — and on Oriki Duuru, released via Stones Throw Records, he steps fully into the spotlight with a solo performance that is as intimate as it is accomplished. Recorded live on May 4th, 2024, at 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles, this album captures an unplanned, unedited hour of improvisation at the grand piano — Dean had no setlist, no plan, just his instincts and years of deep musical fluency.
Oriki Duuru — meaning "Piano Poems" in Yoruba — is a seamless journey through original compositions, free improvisations, and Dean's personal reconstructions of jazz standards, all flowing together as a single unfolding statement. The result is a rare document of spontaneous creativity, where the boundaries between composition and improvisation dissolve entirely, revealing an artist fully in command of his voice and deeply connected to the jazz tradition.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Stones Throw Records
- Genre: Jazz
- Release Date: 08/22/2025
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TRACKS
A1. Eledumare
A2. Don’t You Know I Care (Or Don’t You Care To Know)
B1. Dance Cadaverous
B2. Rise & Fall
B3. On Green Dolphin Street
C1. Cancer
C2. Tin Tin Deo
C3. Paradox
D1. Light Blue
D2. Mystic Seeker
D3. Akoda
D4. When There Is No Sun
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