Studied with Bunky Green and Lew Tabackin

Dean has performed with:

(Jazz): Rufus Reid; Marcus Printup; Sam Rivers; Danny Gottlieb; Richard Drexler; Ray Gelato; Will Donato; Chieli Minucci; Marc Antoine; Ryan Shaw; Ed Calle; Swingerhead; Marcus Johnson; Chris Standring; Craig Chaquico; Blake Aaron

(Rock/Pop/R&B): The Temptations; The O'Jays; Gary Puckett; The Drifters; The Coasters; The Ink Spots; Liberty DeVitto; Frankie Ford; Bowser (Sha na na); Rocky and the Rollers; Johnnie Tillotson; Peggy March; Jack Green; Sherman Helmsley; The Shirelles; Danny & the Juniors; Frank Stallone; Steve Cropper


Has opened for: Waymon Tisdale; Nestor Torres; Gerald Albright; Jeff Kashiwa; Joyce Cooling; Bob James; Dave Valentin; Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project; Chuck Loeb; Big Bad VooDoo Daddy

Is featured on several movie soundtracks, most recently the computer animated "Tugger, the Jeep That Could Fly"

Has performed in numerous television and radio commercials

Has written numerous full-length shows for featured acts on cruise ships

Has been a sideman on several albums, the most recent of which Dean was featured along side David Sanborn, Mike Miller, and Brandon Fields

Produced, arranged, conducted and performed on debut album for Gospel Artist Manny Luster for Luster Records / Brown Sail Productions, LLC, which has won the Rhythm of Gospel 2009 Traditional Male Vocalist of the Year Award, and was nominated for the 2009 Traditional Album of the Year Award

The song Brown Rice from his band's self-titled EP The Groovemasters was one of the top 25 songs of 2010 chosen by Indie-Music.com