{{short description|American jazz musician}} {{for|the Victoria Cross recipient|Donald John Dean}}
'''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.''<ref>[http://lajazzinstitute.org/index.php?c=4#tddc LA Jazz Institute] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722054211/http://lajazzinstitute.org/index.php?c=4#tddc |date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/swiss-movement-mw0000054231|title=Swiss Movement - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref>
His grandson Jamael Dean is a musician who has worked, and performed, with [[Kamasi Washington]], [[Thundercat (musician)|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''.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2019/11/black-space-tapes|title=Jamael Dean - Black Space Tapes {{!}} Stones Throw Records|website=www.stonesthrow.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/jamaeldean|title=Jamael Dean {{!}} Stones Throw Records|website=www.stonesthrow.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
==Discography== ===As sideman=== '''With [[Les McCann]]''' * ''[[Swiss Movement]]'' (Atlantic, 1969) * ''[[Much Les]]'' (Atlantic, 1969) * ''[[Comment (album)|Comment]]'' (Atlantic, 1970) * ''[[Second Movement]]'' (Atlantic, 1971) * ''[[Invitation to Openness]]'' (Atlantic, 1972) * ''[[Talk to the People]]'' (Atlantic, 1972) * ''[[Live at Montreux (Les McCann album)|Live at Montreux]]'' (Atlantic, 1973) * ''[[Layers (Les McCann album)|Layers]]'' (Atlantic, 1973) * ''Les Is More'' (Night, 1991)
'''With [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]''' * ''[[Bluesmith]]'' (Verve, 1972) * ''Paid in Full'' (Mojo, 1974) * ''75'' (Mojo, 1975)
'''With others''' * [[Earl Anderza]], ''Outa Sight'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * [[Carmell Jones]], ''Business Meeting'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) * [[Horace Tapscott]], ''Live'' (Americana, 1988) * Horace Tapscott, ''Why Don't You Listen?'' (Dark Tree, 2019)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Sources == * [[Richard Cook (journalist)|Richard Cook]] & [[Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|Brian Morton]]: ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|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}}
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