Black Space Tapes

Pianist, producer, jazz prodigy, and just 20 years old, Jamael Dean has already collaborated and performed with the likes of Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Niño. His music reflects the dual influence of his Los Angeles contemporaries and jazz ancestors – Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and soul jazz drummer Donald Dean, who is also his his grandfather. The Los Angeles scene, he says, is “the only place I can go in the same day to a jam session with music from the 20s and 30s to another session with music in the 40s through the 80s, and after that play music with my friends from that era onwards."
Black Space Tapes is Jamael Dean's debut album. Produced by Jamael and Carlos Niño.
Alto Saxophone – Devin Daniels (tracks: A1, B4)
Bass – Chris Palmer (16) (tracks: A1, A2, B4), Lawrence Shaw (tracks: B1)
Compiled By – Carlos Niño
Drums – Tim Angulo (tracks: A1, A2, B4)
Flute – Aaron Shaw (4) (tracks: A1, B4)
Keyboards – Jamael Dean (tracks: B1)
Mixed By – Andy Kravitz (tracks: B2, B3), Benjamin Tierney (tracks: B1), Carlos Niño (tracks: A1), Jamael Dean (tracks: A1, A2), Jira >< (tracks: B4), Nolan Shaheed (tracks: A1, A2)
Percussion – Carlos Niño (tracks: A1, B1)
Piano – Jamael Dean (tracks: A1, A2, B2, B4)
Producer – Carlos Niño (tracks: A1, B1, ), Jamael Dean (tracks: A1, B1), Jira >< (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Recorded By – Jamael Dean (tracks: B1), Nolan Shaheed (tracks: A1, A2)
Sequenced By – Carlos Niño
Sounds – Jamael Dean (tracks: B1, B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Aaron Shaw (4) (tracks: B1)
Trombone – Zekkeraya El-Megharbel (tracks: A1, B4)
Viola – Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (tracks: A1, A2, B4)
Vocals – Sharada Shashidhar (tracks: A1, B1, B4)