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Winston Wright

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Organist whose tone is stamped on the rocksteady-to-reggae turn: Treasure Isle's keyboard chair, the swirling lead on the Harry J All Stars' "Liquidator" (1969), and decades of session work at Dynamic. With Jackie Mittoo, one of the two organ voices every Jamaican keyboardist learned from.

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Psychedelic Reggae - with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Winston Wright

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Story · Well supportedKeys behind the riddim

The organ's upstroke and the piano's bubble did as much to define reggae's feel as any bassline.

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