# Donald Dean

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American jazz musician

For the Victoria Cross recipient, see [Donald John Dean](/source/Donald_John_Dean).

**Donald Dean** (born June 21, 1937) is a [jazz drummer](/source/Jazz_drummer) who has worked with [Kenny Dorham](/source/Kenny_Dorham), [Les McCann](/source/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](/source/Eddie_Harris), on the soul jazz album *[Swiss Movement](/source/Swiss_Movement)*, recorded live on June 21, 1969, at The [Montreux Jazz Festival](/source/Montreux_Jazz_Festival).[2]

His grandson Jamael Dean is a musician who has worked, and performed, with [Kamasi Washington](/source/Kamasi_Washington), [Thundercat](/source/Thundercat_(musician)), [Miguel Atwood-Ferguson](/source/Miguel_Atwood-Ferguson) and Carlos Niño. Jamael is signed to [Stones Throw Records](/source/Stones_Throw_Records) on which he released his debut record, *Black Space Tapes,* in November 2019*.*[3][4]

## Discography

### As sideman

**With [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann)**

- *[Swiss Movement](/source/Swiss_Movement)* (Atlantic, 1969)

- *[Much Les](/source/Much_Les)* (Atlantic, 1969)

- *[Comment](/source/Comment_(album))* (Atlantic, 1970)

- *[Second Movement](/source/Second_Movement)* (Atlantic, 1971)

- *[Invitation to Openness](/source/Invitation_to_Openness)* (Atlantic, 1972)

- *[Talk to the People](/source/Talk_to_the_People)* (Atlantic, 1972)

- *[Live at Montreux](/source/Live_at_Montreux_(Les_McCann_album))* (Atlantic, 1973)

- *[Layers](/source/Layers_(Les_McCann_album))* (Atlantic, 1973)

- *Les Is More* (Night, 1991)

**With [Jimmy Smith](/source/Jimmy_Smith_(musician))**

- *[Bluesmith](/source/Bluesmith)* (Verve, 1972)

- *Paid in Full* (Mojo, 1974)

- *75* (Mojo, 1975)

**With others**

- [Earl Anderza](/source/Earl_Anderza), *Outa Sight* (Pacific Jazz, 1962)

- [Carmell Jones](/source/Carmell_Jones), *Business Meeting* (Pacific Jazz, 1962)

- [Horace Tapscott](/source/Horace_Tapscott), *Live* (Americana, 1988)

- Horace Tapscott, *Why Don't You Listen?* (Dark Tree, 2019)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [LA Jazz Institute](http://lajazzinstitute.org/index.php?c=4#tddc) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722054211/http://lajazzinstitute.org/index.php?c=4#tddc) July 22, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Swiss Movement - Les McCann, Eddie Harris - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/swiss-movement-mw0000054231). *AllMusic*. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Jamael Dean - Black Space Tapes | Stones Throw Records"](https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2019/11/black-space-tapes). *www.stonesthrow.com*. Retrieved 2019-11-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Jamael Dean | Stones Throw Records"](https://www.stonesthrow.com/jamaeldean). *www.stonesthrow.com*. Retrieved 2019-11-13.

## Sources

- [Richard Cook](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)) & [Brian Morton](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)): *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)*, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-102327-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-102327-9)

- [Leonard Feather](/source/Leonard_Feather) & [Ira Gitler](/source/Ira_Gitler), *The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz*. Oxford/New York, 1999, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-532000-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-532000-8)

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