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Darynn Dean
Darynn Dean is a dynamic vocalist, captivating performer, and composer. Born and raised in Los Angeles Ca., she is no stranger to jazz. Her rich musical legacy originates with her Grandfather Donald Dean Senior (drummer), who toured with Les McCann, and spans generationally down to her father Donald Dean (drummer) and cousin Jamael Dean (pianist).
Mentored by world- renowned jazz and blues singer Barbara Morrison and NEA Jazz Master and Grammy Award Winner, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Darynn is learning from the best. She is a recent graduate of The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA and earned her Masters of Music. There she studied with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Billy Childs and many more jazz legends.
Introducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole
by Sanford Josephson
This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. In 2018, Tyreek McDole, a student at the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL, was playing classical percussion for a performance of the 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Into the Woods. During rehearsal," he recalled, one of the actors got sick. I had ...