Jamael Dean - Oriki Duuru [2LP]

Format: 2LP
Catalogue No.: STH2507LP
Barcode: 0659457250713
Release Date: 29 Aug 2025
Genre: Jazz

 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 reconstructions of jazz standards.
 ‘Oriki Duuru’, which means ‘piano poems’ in Yoruba, is an unabridged recording of what
unfolded that night.
 The concert at 2220 was curated by jazz archivist Harmony Holiday, who also wrote the liner notes for this record.
 Double LP with gatefold packaging and vinylexclusive liner notes.
 Includes covers of tracks by Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie and more.
 Jamael Dean has toured and collaborated with the likes of Andre 3000, Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Jon Batiste, Carlos Niño and more.
 For fans of Sun Ra, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Shabaka, Nubya Garcia, Jeff Parker, Carlos Niño, Sam Wilkes.
 Press - NPR, Passion Weiss, Clash, Pitchfork, LA Sentinel, Treble, Loud & Quiet.

Tracklisting
Eledumare
Don’t You Know I Care (Or Don’t You Care To Know)
Dance Cadaverous
Rise & Fall
On Green Dolphin Street
Cancer
Tin Tin Deo
Paradox
Light Blue
Mystic Seeker
Akoda
When There Is No Sun