JAMAEL DEAN - Oriki Duuru - 2LP - Gatefold Vinyl [AUG 29]

2LP - Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Contains vinyl-exclusive liner notes. Includes covers of tracks by Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie and more.

On May 4th, 2024, Jamael Dean sat at the bench of a grand piano at 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles. He didn’t know what he’d play until his fingers struck the ivory. For the next hour the prodigious jazz talent improvised a solo piano set, seamlessly
weaving together original compositions, improvisations, and his reconstructions of jazz standards.

Oriki Duuru, which means “piano poems” in Yoruba, is an unabridged recording of what unfolded that night.

For fans of: Sun Ra, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Shabaka, Nubya Garcia, Jeff Parker, Carlos Niño, Sam Wilkes, and others.

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. Eledumare
2. Don’t You Know I Care (Or Don’t You Care To Know)

Side B
1. Dance Cadaverous
2. Rise & Fall
3. On Green Dolphin Street

Side C
1. Cancer
2. Tin Tin Deo
3. Paradox

Side D
1. Light Blue
2. Mystic Seeker
3. Akoda
4. When There Is No Sun