Winston Wright

Winston Wright was a Jamaican keyboardist. He was a member of Tommy McCook's Supersonics, and acknowledged as Jamaica's master of the Hammond.^[1] Winston was born in May Pen, Jamaica in 1944 and died in Kingston, Jamaica in 1993.^[2][3] He attended Glenmuir High School where he learned the organ on an old Clavonette Organ. While he was in school, he played with a local group called the Mercury Band based at the Capri Theatre in May Pen, much to his father ire.^[4] Tommy McCook saw Winston play at this time and he was invited to join the Supersonics, Treasure Isle house band...and as they say, the rest is history.

Wright produced a solo single: Top Secret, with the B-side Crazy Rhythm in 1970.^[5]

Discography

With Herbie Mann

• Reggae (Atlantic, 1973)
• Surprises (Atlantic, 1973 [1976])
• Reggae II (Atlantic, 1973 [1976])

References

1. Lloyd Bradley -Bass culture: when reggae was king - 2000 Page 226 "Harry J, who was there at the beginning with the Beltones, stuck with it to build a sound around the keyboard skills of Winston Wright and Winston Blake (aka Blake Boy) for a string of bubbling instrumentals by Harry J All-Stars or the Jay Boys ..."
2. David Vlado Moskowitz (2006). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-0-313-33158-9.
3. Black Echoes - Memoriam
4. Daniel Tannehill Neely (2007). "Mento, Jamaica's Original Music": Development, Tourism and the Nationalist Frame. ProQuest. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-549-58264-9.
5. Black Music & Jazz Review 1980 - Volume 3 "Winston Wright was the Dynamites' organist, and he also features on recordings by the G.G. All Stars ("African Melody", "Ganga Plane", "Flight 404" and the Folks Bros-inspired "Man From Carolina" are all adequate examples), the Harry J. All ..."