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On May 4th, 2024, Jamael Dean sat at the bench of a grand piano at 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles. He didn't know what he'd play until his fingers struck the ivory. For the next hour the prodigious jazz talent improvised a solo piano set, seamlessly weaving together original compositions, improvisations, and his reconstructions of jazz standards. Oriki Duuru , which means "piano poems" in Yoruba, is an unabridged recording of what unfolded that night.