Description:Songwriter, producer and vocal-jazz artist. Songwriting and production styles include most all pop genres. Dean's artist stuff is traditional vocal jazz/blues that swings. Stylistically somewhere in the vicinity of Mose Allison, Dr. John, Ben Sidran, Harry Connick Jr., Dave Frishberg, Jamie Cullum and Michael Franks.
History:
Internationally renowned jazz artist Dean Krippaehne has been burning up the hip-hep-neo-swing-and-blues-thing since the mid eighties. Dean's music has been featured in numerous jazz compilations including:
THE BEST SONGS YOU NEVER HEARD (MP3.com CD),
REAL JUKEBOX (Real Inc.)
GET YOUR GROOVE ON (MP3.com CD),
LINDOWS JAZZ CD
SAMSUNG MP3-player CD
SPECIAL FIVE CD (PeopleSound.com)
CHRISTMAS JAZZ AND BLUES (Soundline Ent.)
SPLASH CD Series(Augsburg Fortress)
MP3 BUDOUCNOSTI (Vyber 2100)
DREAMTIME LULLIBIES (AIAC Records)
In 1997, Dean released the critically acclaimed acid jazz "THE PH7 PROJECT" with Erik Hall on the MDR Record label and in 1999 released his first full length solo effort "THE DEAN KRIPPAEHNE JAZZ PROJECT" for Tri-West. He has followed up with two more CDs "Christmas Jazz" and "Jazz Cafe." Since the internet music explosion of the late 90's Dean's jazz has topped the charts at MP3.com, Downbeat, CNET, Riffage.com, Amazon, PeopleSound.com, SoundClick.com, BroadJam.com, and ArtistLaunch along with tearing up the Muzak waves.
Recently Dean has been producing music for many film and TV projects and his music has been heard extensivly in the ABC soap "One Life to Live," as well as "Lincoln Heights (ABC Family)," " Chris Rock's "Good Hair" (HBO)," "The Biggest Loser (NBC), "The Today Show (NBC)," and "Vampire Diaries (CW)." This last year has also brought Dean as a songwriter two gold records, two platinum records and a Top Ten/Billboard in Europe.
Musicians on this website include:
John Raymond plays guitars on: "The light", "Club 7", "G-This", "Closer to you", "Swing do ya sway", "Spot Me", D'Funked", "Mojo"
Darren Motamedy plays sax on: "Netties Cafe", "Club 7", "G-This", "Closer to you", "Swing do ya sway", "Spot Me", D'Funked", "Mojo","The light"
Jay Thomas plays trumpet on: "The light", "G-This", "Club 7", "Closer to you", "Swing do ya sway", "Spot Me", D'Funked", "Mojo", "But for the love of you", "Twilight."
Erik Hall is co-artist/writer/producer on: "The light", "Club 7", "G-This", "Closer to you", "Swing do ya sway", "Spot Me", D'Funked", "Mojo"
Karla Cruz - female vocals on "Closer to you"
Class - spoken word on "Swing do ya sway"
Darnell Alexander - vocals on: "The Light", "Closer to you"
Jere Knutdsen plays sax on: "Dig that crazy sound", "Eight track in my Edsel", "The coffee song", "My mind can't keep its hands off you", "Why ya gettin' in so late"
Dan Mohler plays Bass on: "Dig that crazy sound", "Netties Cafe" , "Something about your music", "Eight track in my Edsel", "But for the love of you", "Why ya gettin' in so late", "the coffee song", "twilight."
Dave Heath plays drums on: "Dig that crazy sound", "Netties Cafe" , "Something about your music", "Eight track in my Edsel", "But for the love of you", "Why ya gettin' in so late", "the coffee song", "twilight."
Emmanual Del Casel plays bass on: "Club 7", "G-This"
Michael Wastman Vocals on "Rewind", "Bring it on back", "Knocked out"
Trish Neilson Vocals on "Afterglow"
Scott Krippayne Songwriter on "The coffee song" - co-writer on "Two Hands and 88 keys"
Josh Rice BGV's on "Rewind"
Missi Hale vocals on "Breaks me" "Don't you worry" "Better with you" and "Do your thing."
