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Dontae Winslow & Winslow Dynasty: Dontae Winslow & Winslow Dynasty: Enter The Dynasty
Hugh Ragin
trumpet
Roy Hargrove
trumpet1969 - 2018
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Jill Scott
vocalsb.1972
Tempered, perhaps, by the experience of playing in front of huge audiences on a routine basis, Winslow's playing is completely assured and bold. Liberally incorporating Gospel, fusion, R&B, and funk influences, Winslow's composing and quick-witted trumpet playing throughout Enter The Dynasty nevertheless belies a continued immersion in jazz, both modern and traditional. Instead of spreading his considerable talents too thin, the dizzying stylistic variety here demonstrates that Winslow can thrive creatively in pretty much any musical setting. As a producer, he demonstrates the ability to sculpt these diverse tracks into a remarkably unified artistic statement. The veritable army of musicians featured on Enter The Dynasty represent a Who's Who of the extraordinary young musical talents circulating through the hip-hop and pop worlds. Winslow's also corralled a clutch of very impressive ringers from the jazz world for this project, including Hargrove,
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Antonio Hart
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1968
Questlove
drums
Kirk Whalum
saxophoneb.1958
Throughout Enter The Dynasty, Winslow artfully balances the more challenging aspects of his music with more easygoing elements that are sure to appeal to a wider audience. Nevertheless, there is a surprisingly large amount of substantial and uncompromising jazz here. "Baltimore Crabcakes" is a funk tune from a time before the advent of slap bass and wah-wah guitar. The funk here is the bluesy, Gospel- infused, grits-and-gravy sound of
Jimmy Smith
organ, Hammond B31925 - 2005
Horace Silver
piano1928 - 2014
Lou Donaldson
saxophone1926 - 2024
Snarky Puppy
band / ensemble / orchestra
Stanton Davis
trumpetb.1945
Miro Sprague
piano
Walter Smith III
saxophone, tenorb.1980
Sam Barsh
piano
Edwin Livingston
bass
Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961
Terence Blanchard
trumpetb.1962
Hip-hop influences figure into the album's closing tracks. "Summer Cookout" is an unpretentious slice of pure fun; Winslow 's wah-wah trumpet converses with Hargrove's flugelhorn over gospel-saturated organ, wordless vocals and Questlove's shambling good-time drums. "Drinks on Me" summons up a harder-hitting Funkadelic-inspired party vibe replete with screaming guitars, subsonic bass and masses of synth burbling up beneath solos by Hargrove and Winslow. Though it's not his debut album, Enter the Dynasty captures the excitement and fire of an unusually accomplished young artist's first release. This is a truly auspicious album that covers a lot of stylistic ground in a creative and personal manner, while establishing Dontae Winslow as a name to look out for in the jazz world. ">
Track Listing
Baltimore Crabcakes; Kings; Chrysalis; He Is; Dontae's Inferno; Blaxploitation & Revolution; Red Lingerie; Mashica & Jedi; 2304 West North Avenue; Drinks On Me; Summer Cookout.
Personnel
Dontae Winslow: trumpet, flugelhorn, rap vocals, vocoder; Adam Blackstone: bass (1,2,7,10,11); Dan Seeff: bass (3), Guitar (3); Ben Williams: bass (4); Dave Robaire: bass (5); Miles Mosley-bass (6); Ed Livingston: bass (6,8,9); Gene Coye: drums (1,6); George "Spanky" McCurdy: drums (2); Brian Frasier-Moore: drums (3); Johnathan Penison: drums (5); Lil John Roberts: drums (7); Terrace Martin: drums (8), saxophone (10); Dennis Chambers: drums (10); Ahmir Questlove Thompson: drums (11); Justin Gilbert: piano (1,2,4,7); Craig Brockman: organ (1); Omar Edwards: Juno 106 (2); Warryn Campbell: organ, Rhodes (2, 4,10); Chick Corea: miniMoog, rhodes (3); DJ Khalil: Arp synthesizer (3); Miro Sprague: piano (5); Cameron Graves: piano (6); Brandon Coleman: miniMoog (6); Sam Barsh: Nord Lead, piano (6,8); Jacob Yoffee: piano (7); Daniel Jones: Korg synthesizer (10); Bobby Sparks: miniMoog, Arp 2600 (10); Joel Whitely: guitar (2); Elliot Ives: guitar (6); Mike Scott: guitar (6,10); Shon Hinton: guitar (11); Darryl Pearson: guitar(11); Aaron Draper: percussion (2); Terry Sentiel: percussion (6); Roy Hargrove: trumpet, flugelhorn (10,11); Sean Erik: trumpet (10); Kirk Whalum: saxophone (1,2); Walter Smith III: saxophone (5); Kamasi Washington: saxophone (6, 10); Leon Silva: saxophone (10); Antonio Hart: saxophone (10); Lasim Richards: trombone (10); Jedi Winslow: vocals (1,2); Mashica Winslow: vocals (3,6,7,10,11), Aaron Camper: vocals (10): Jackie "JK" King: vocals (10,11); Wes Precourt: violin (7); Hannah Stuart: viola (7); Paul Wiancko: cello (7).
Album information
Title: Dontae Winslow & Winslow Dynasty: Enter The Dynasty | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Winslow Dynasty
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