Jamael Dean Black Space Tapes 10/08/2013 courtesy of guests Kenny Wheeler

courtesy of guests Kenny Wheeler and Harry Beckett

their legacy endures to this day

who also engineered and mixed the record

a futuristic exploration—part musical

If this were a Hollywood film script

Jamael Dean Black Space Tapes 10/08/2013 courtesy of guests Kenny WheelerPianist and producer Jamael Dean is a jazz prodigy. Just 20 years old, hes already collaborated and performed with the likes of Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miguel Atwood Ferguson and Carlos Nio. Jamael's music reflects the dual influence of his contemporaries in the Los Angeles scene and that of of jazz ancestors including Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and soul jazz drummer Donald Dean who is also his his grandfather. LA, he says, is only