Vinx De'Jon Parrette

Vinx De'Jon Parrette (born 15 December 1957), known professionally as Vinx, is a percussionist, singer, songwriter, and former athlete.[1][2][3][4]

Vinx
Background information
Birth nameVincent De Jean Parrette
Born (1957-12-15) 15 December 1957
Fairfield, California
GenresPop, rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Percussion
Years active1980s–present
LabelsPangea/I.R.S., Dreamsicle
Websitevinx.com

Vinx performed for the first time at Montreux Jazz Festival on 9th July 1978 after legendary musician Taj Mahal invited him to perform with him at Casino Montreux.[5]

Vinx was a member of Austin, Texas funk & soul band Extreme Heat.[6]

The next time Vinx performed at Montreux Jazz Festival would be July 20,1990 when he performed nine of his own songs:[5]

1 Tell My Feet
2 Porch Light
3 I Should Have Told Her
4 Little Queen
5 I'd Give Me All To You
6 Captain's Song
7 My TV
8 Temporary Love
9 Samba De Whoop

The following day, Jul 21, 1990, Vinx performed alongside Sting.[5] Almost a year later, on July 2, 1991 Vinx returned to Montreux Jazz Festival with Sting, as part of Stings Soul Cages tour, performing backing vocals on 17 songs, before moving front of stage to perform vocals and percussion on four of his own songs: My Funny Valentine (written by Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart) , Temporary Love, One Pearl and Don't Got To Be That Way.[5] Temporary Love and Don't Got To Be That Way are songs from Vinx's first album Rooms In My Fatha's House . Rooms in My Fatha's House was released through Sting's record label Pangaea Records, and featured guest vocals and bass by Sting.


On July 15, 1997 Vinx again performed at Montreux Jazz Festival, but this time as part of his band Jungle Funk, formed with Living Colour band members Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun. Jungle Funk performed to an audience of 4000 at Auditorium Stravinski[5]


Vinx founded a critically acclaimed songwriting/creativity workshop series called Songwriter Soul Kitchen.[7]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

See also

References
  1. "Mya Vita : premier concert public". Ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. "Vinx et ses amis en concert à La Métairie (Carcassonne)". Ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. "Hiroshima Releases 'Songs With Words,' Launches Tour". Rafu.com. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. "Hiroshima Returning to Aratani Theatre". Rafu.com. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. "Concerts database". Montreux Jazz. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  6. "Extreme Heat | Band Members". extremeheataustin.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  7. "vinx.com - Songwriter Soul Kitchen". www.vinx.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27.
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