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Dexter Wansel is an American keyboardist, born and raised in West- Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern He contributed to the development of the "Philly Sound" and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. For the American arena football team see Philadelphia Soul. Philadelphia (or Philly soul, sometimes called the Philadelphia Sound or Sweet Philly Philadelphia International Records is a Record label founded by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff in 1971. Wansel led the musical group "Yellow Sunshine". He has worked with Phyllis Hyman, The Jacksons, MFSB, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Labelle, and Lou Rawls. Phyllis Hyman ( July 6, 1949 - June 30, 1995) was an American soul Singer and Tony -nominated The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music Family MFSB (short for "Mother Father Sister Brother") was a pool of more than thirty resident Studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass Sr (born March 26, 1950) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24 1944) best known as her stage name Patti Labelle, is an American R&B and soul Louis Allen Rawls ( December 1, 1933 &ndash January 6, 2006) was an American Soul music, Jazz, and He also wrote The Jones Girls 1981 soul music classic "Nights over Egypt" and Patti Labelle's 1984 #1 R&B hit "If Only You Knew" with Cynthia Biggs. The Jones Girls were a female R&B trio of sisters from Detroit Michigan. Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24 1944) best known as her stage name Patti Labelle, is an American R&B and soul If Only You Knew was a single written and produced primarily by Dexter Wansel and Cynthia Biggs for American R&B singer Patti LaBelle 's His "Theme from the Planets" has been heavily sampled and was featured on the breakbeat compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats". Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub- genres of Electronic music, usually characterized Ultimate Breaks and Beats, commonly abbreviated as UBB, is the name of a 25-volume compilation of mostly full-length songs that were known for their breaks

Whilst Wansel was relatively unknown outside the USA, many have suggested that his influence on music as both a producer and performer in the mid-1970s lead to the development of the disco and jazz funk sounds which transformed the US music scene. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of Jazz music characterized by a strong Back beat ( Groove) electrified sounds and often the presence of the first electronic His most successful album was called Life On Mars, released on the Philadelphia International record label in 1976. Philadelphia International Records is a Record label founded by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff in 1971. Wansel played keyboards, Derek Graves provided the bass line whilst a session singer hired by Wansel named Terri Wells was on vocals. The remaining sound was filled in by Dexter's rhythm section called The Planets featuring Darryl Brown, Calvin Harris, Bobby Malach, Al Harrison and the aforementioned Derek Graves. The Planets Op 32 is a seven- movement Orchestral suite by the British composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914

During the 2nd half of the 1970s, Space travel and sci-fi were important themes in the ambiant US culture and therefore in funk, jazz, and Jazz-funk (see Herbie Hancock's thrust, George Clinton's Mothership, etc. ) and were reflected in in Dexter's titles and music. Listening to other tracks on the album, like 'Stargazer', 'Theme from the Planets' and 'Rings of Saturn', it can be seen quite clearly that a space theme runs through his music. His straight-ahead Fatback-funk like 'Funk Attack' on the 1979 album 'Time is Slipping Away' and the now popular 'I'll never forget (my favourite disco)' have stood the test of time. Instrumental, almost classical, arrangements appear on the album 'Voyager' from 1978. In addition to this he presented a strong discotheque theme with 'Disco Lights' from the album 'What The World is Coming To' 1977 and jazzfunk such as 'Latin Love' on the album 'Voyager' 1978 or 'Ode Infinitum' on the 'What The World Is Coming To' album. A discothèque, diskoˈtɛk̚ compare the Spanish "discoteca" is an Entertainment venue or Club with recorded music played by "Discaires"

He has produced and recorded many soul ballads including the 'Time is Slipping Away' title track, 'New Beginning' on that same album, 'Sweetest Pain' which was sampled by The Solid Doctor for his triphop-track 'Lights On The Vibe' and 'You Can Be What You Wanna Be' from 1976. Steve Cobby is a UK musician composer DJ and producer based in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire. He also co-wrote the Pieces of a Dream (band) track called 'Warm Weather' - a smooth soul sound often played by Robbie Vincent on his Sunday night radio shows on BBC Radio 1. Pieces of a Dream is an R&B/jazz fusion group from Philadelphia. Robbie Vincent is an English radio broadcaster and DJ whose catch phrase for many years was "If it moves Funk it" He started life as a Journalist

He entered the music charts with 'Sweetest Pain' in 1979 and 'Solutions' a year earlier in 1978. He also made a reggae track called 'Going Back To Kingston Town' in 1977. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s

Dexter Wansel played and produced with and for Teddy Pendergrass, The Jones Girls (who were guest vocalists on his solo albums), MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) and singer Patti Labelle

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