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5 out of 5 stars Organic & Appealing! Reviewer: Smoothjazz.com Review From the UK comes a swirling sound of electro-jazz mixed in with Afro-Latin grooves. Donald Dean (aka Dean) fuses ambient with soul to create this sensual project that is both appealing and aurally pleasing. FAMILY PORTRAITE is a big picture project about life and humanity with commentary running throughout that offers an opportunity for listeners to pause and reflect. The artist says, “There are not boundaries in music, the only limits are our own imaginations.” Dean’s imagination appears to be vast as he is the sole composer and producer on FAMILY PORTRAITE. If you’re a fan of Zero 7 or Air, you’ll totally get into Dean. “Summer Days” is a grand feat with top-notch engineering, tasty Fender Rhodes keyboards, alluring sax work, organic beats and a sizzling female vocal track. Other songs that stand out on this project include the soul stirring “Everyday;” the poignant “Storm A Brewin’” floats in a vocal layer over an industrial vibe (“it’s who we are, not where we’ve been”); the soulful “The Price We Pay” is an ambient piece that just may bring the hairs on the back of your neck straight up; and Dean’s sax work on “Magic” has a Van Morrison feeling to it reminiscent of Van’s own playing on songs like “Spanish Steps.” For us here in the U.S. Dean captures the Euro Chill sound with his soulful approach to electronica and nu jazz, creating a very organic sound that fits beautifully into our Smooth Lounge! ~SANDY SHORE
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Family Portrait by Dean If you are a fan of Zero 7, Donald Dean (aka Dean) is an artist worth listening to. Dean professes a kind of swash exuberance and soulful ambiance on Family Portrait. More importantly though, as sole producer and composer, Dean shines with his compositions herewith, and the result is a beautiful and convincing achievement. "Family Portrait" is shaped with Dean's eccentrically free overtones and robust sax work, and is an openhearted record full of truly inspirational moments. Dean’s sax work on “Magic” is captivating, starting and ending with an incendiary sax solo, capturing the essence of the track and the entire LP itself. "Summer Days" is an epic work, tight and well arranged, straight "in-the-pocket" if you will, featuring tasty Fender Rhodes keyboards, alluring sax work, organic beats and a sizzling female vocal track (~SANDY SHORE from smoothjazz.com). Other outstanding tracks include two very soulful pieces, "Chance Encounter" and "Everyday". " Time" features a wonderfully eclectic arrangement and is a very strong track. Over all, Dean boldly snaps choruses with amazing themes and contractive passages pertaining to life and humanity. Even more, the composer's free-form penchant and avant garde technique appears to be rooted upon a complicated but nevertheless discernible layout. This release is a captivating enterprise. Gorgeous... --Michael Canter
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So call me a fan already!
I admit the CTI Admin folks alerted me that Don Dean had set up house here and asked me to check his music out but they didn't have to worry about convincing me where it's concerned. I know quality flow when I hear it and I actually had experienced the joy of listening to Dean's music before. The first time, it made me think of certain songs by that fantastic group War, like what they might have sounded like if they had started making music in the year 2000. It made me think too about some early Santana and then some things I couldn't really identify but that I totally loved.
Dean gives us something like a full-bodied orchestral pop treat with smooth waves of warm Latino rhythms, sparkling African beats, and seductive jazzy fusion all mixed to create something totally original and irresistible. His sound is what I figure making good music is supposed to be all about...fresh and hot and kickin' it to the moon.
im a musician producer songwriter i write and produce all my own material and play all the instruments myself as in life the only bounderies are our own imaginations so i fuse a soundscape of electro/accoustic soul with jazzy rock overtones mixing latin and affro rythems fusing live organic drums and percusion live solos and vocals with ambient electronics sound clips loops and programs some poeple pray some chant some meditate i make music and paint
there are many mansions in my head
true not all the rooms are in the right place
but still ide rather be me
because while your locked in your virtual reality i can smell the sea and see the sky
the mirror may be cracked but still its a reflection of me that i see
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DEAN: Family
Portraite
Ambient jazzy electronica
with loops and samples, live percussion and
programmed drums, featuring rock overtones and
soulful vocals.
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DEAN: AND SO IT BEGINS
A fusion of ACC electro, soul, rock, Latin, and jazz mixing ambient samples with live performances and solos.
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people who just use up air with empty words politicians anyone who sets themselves up as an expert and anyone who says read my book of rules and you will have all the answers
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Show Set List "31 July 2009" Historic Show #032 Featured Artist: Anton Mink
01. Truckstop by Anton Mink 02. 32 Flavors by Alana Davis 03. Don't Rush by Amber Ojeda 04. Five Years Time by Noah & The Whale 05. Scottish Rain by The Silencers 06. Universal by Soul Movement 07. Betty Jean by The Soul Of John Black 08. New Day by Reflect 09. Friends & Family by Trik Turner 10. Eye Of The Beholder by Bernie Journey 11. Ooh La La by Goldfrapp 12. Stars by Erika Jayne 13. Hum by Russell Huie 14. What's Come Over Me by Jaze Wade 15. Armies by Anton Mink 16. Love Rain by Jill Scott 17. Help Us Somebody by Chris Thomas 18. Spilt Milk Milkshake by Black Before Red 19. Comin' Home by Memphis Nights 20. NOLA by Sugar Blue 21. Set Them Free by ASWAD 22. Walk Away by Mr. Completely 23. Nothing Personal by Ana Popovic 24. Boardwalk by Sugar Ray 25. Strangest Places by Astronauts Of Antiquity 26. Three Women by Stereolab 27. Unhappy by Anton Mink 28. Summer Days by Don Dean ft. Sandy Shore
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Hi Don - I recreated your profile for you to help Mike out - I hope you like it - I worked very hard because you are one of my favorites on the site.
Mike can give you all the details, but basically we could not access the account either.
I sent friend requests to a number of members that were on your original e-mail list so you may get a number of e-mail messages.
Your music is so beautiful and I am glad I could do this much to help out. I hope you like it, I tried to copy your profile word for word from a computer snapshot so please let me know how I did!
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