Album lore

Geoffrey Dean’s Foundations, issued February 2024 on AMP Music & Records, assembles nine tracks of Indonesian jazz, a scene less trodden in global jazz archives. Recorded with a modest ensemble, the album pivots on Dean’s nuanced piano work, threading through compositions like “My Conception” and a rendition of “Nardis.” The record’s title gestures toward a grounding in jazz tradition while quietly asserting a distinct regional voice.The album’s nine pieces, including “Cyclic Episode” and “Blue Minor,” offer a measured exploration of form and improvisation. Listeners drawn to jazz’s varied genealogies will find in Foundations an artifact that balances reverence for the canon with local resonance, its modest Last.fm following and 16,897 scrobbles marking it as a quietly persistent signal within the broader jazz constellation.

Album lore

Geoffrey Dean’s Foundations, issued February 2024 on AMP Music & Records, assembles nine tracks of Indonesian jazz, a scene less trodden in global jazz archives. Recorded with a modest ensemble, the album pivots on Dean’s nuanced piano work, threading through compositions like “My Conception” and a rendition of “Nardis.” The record’s title gestures toward a grounding in jazz tradition while quietly asserting a distinct regional voice.The album’s nine pieces, including “Cyclic Episode” and “Blue Minor,” offer a measured exploration of form and improvisation. Listeners drawn to jazz’s varied genealogies will find in Foundations an artifact that balances reverence for the canon with local resonance, its modest Last.fm following and 16,897 scrobbles marking it as a quietly persistent signal within the broader jazz constellation.