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Colin Dean
Several important factors have contributed to Colin’s talent and sense of mission. His father is a professional drummer, and his mother is a professional healer. As he grew up, he determined to draw upon these influences and perform and compose music that would inspire and heal. He is now fulfilling this mission. In addition to freelancing, composing, and leading his own bands, he frequently participates in volunteer activities where he uses his skills as a musician and a leader, to establish peace, culture and education in his community.
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Colin Dean: Shiwasu
by Edward Blanco
Young New York bassist Colin Dean is adept at playing the music of different genres as his jazz debut Shiwasu demonstrates, with its influences from world music and hip-hop styles. Dean is very comfortable in other genres; in fact after graduating from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, he formed the Roots and Groove band, performing jazz for the hip-hop generation. There is no mistaking this recording however--it's not hip-hop, it is jazz, and good modern jazz at ...
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by Woodrow Wilkins
"It's so relaxing," says the person introduced to a type of jazz found to be pleasing, palatable--and inoffensive. The challenge for an artist is to create ambient music that can be accepted by those unfamiliar with jazz, without putting others to sleep. Acoustic bassist Colin Dean makes it happen with Shiwasu. Dean was born on Long Island, New York. A student of New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in ...
read moreTake Five With Colin Dean
by AAJ Staff
Meet Colin Dean:Colin Dean was born and raised in Long Island, New York. The son of a drummer, he has been surrounded by music his entire life. He attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City and received a BFA in jazz performance in May 2006. While at the New School he studied with masters including Buster Williams, Reggie Workman, Junior Mance, Bobby Sanabria, Rachel Z, Bill Kirchner, Vic Juris, ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
Bassist and composer Colin Dean graduated from New York's New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2006, and has since played across musical genres that include jazz, hip-hop and indie rock. Shiwasu, his first recording under his own name, finds him in the company of three distinguished fellow musicians on a set of tunes that draw on Dean's non-jazz influences to bring a fresh edge to mainstream modern jazz. Dean and drummer Colin Stranahan form a ...
read moreBassist/Composer Colin Dean Releases New CD Titled "Shiwasu" from Roots and Grooves Music.
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Shiwasu is the new release from bassist/composer Colin Dean. The new recording features Rachel Z on piano, Sean Nowell on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Colin Stranahan on drums. The original compositions on Shiwasu are deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, while also drawing inspiration from a wide variety of styles such as world music and hip-hop. Dean has an extraordinary writing style that crosses many musical genres to create a music he calls his own. Colin Dean is in ...
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Bass
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