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Birth name
  
Dexter Gilman Wansel

Name
  
Dexter Wansel

Genres
  
Soul, Funk, R&B, Disco

Role
  
Music performer


Instruments
  
Keyboards

Children
  
Andrew "Pop" Wansel

Years active
  
1973–present

Music group
  
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Born
  
August 22, 1950 (age 73) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. (
1950-08-22
)

Origin
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, Producer, Arranger, Songwriter

Albums
  
Digital Groove World, Love Is the Message, MFSB: The Gamble & Huff Orch, Universal Love, The Very Best of Dexter W

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Dexter Gilman Wansel (born August 22, 1950) is an American keyboardist, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records.

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Wansel was a member of the groups Yellow Sunshine, and Instant Funk. He has worked with Phyllis Hyman, The Jacksons, MFSB, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Labelle, The Jones Girls, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Grover Washington Jr. and Lou Rawls, among many others. He also wrote The Jones Girls 1981 soul music song "Nights over Egypt" and Patti Labelle's 1983 #1 R&B hit, "If Only You Knew", with Cynthia Biggs and Kenny Gamble. His "Theme from the Planets" has been sampled hundreds of times and was featured on the breakbeat compilation album, Ultimate Breaks and Beats.

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His most successful album was Life On Mars, released on the Philadelphia International record label in 1976. On the title track Wansel played keyboards and Instant Funk made up the rest of the rhythm section while singer, Terri Wells, was on vocals. Many of the other tracks were recorded by Dexter's rhythm section called The Planets. And featured Darryl Brown on drums, Calvin Harris on guitar, Bobby Malach on saxophone, Al Harrison on trumpet, and Derrick Graves on bass.

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Wansel has produced and recorded many soul ballads including the Time is Slipping Away title track, "New Beginning" on that same album, "The Sweetest Pain" (which was sampled by The Solid Doctor for his trip hop track "Lights On The Vibe", by DJ Cam for his track "Dieu Reconnaîtra Les Siens", and by Global Communication for their track "The Way") and "You Can Be What You Wanna Be" from 1976. Wansel also co-wrote and produced the Pieces of a Dream tracks, "Warm Weather" and "Fo Fi Fo". The track "Rings of saturn" was sampled by Dela for his track "Long Life" featuring Talib Kweli. Purists consider his "I'm In Love Once Again", released on Philadelphia International Records by Jean Carn in 1976, to be his finest work, combining sublime chord sequences with a lavish production.

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His song "The Sweetest Pain" was also remade by British R&B group Loose Ends, on their album So Where Are You? and also featured on their next album Zagora.

Dexter Wansel released the album Captured on 26 March 2012 on Cherry Red records. The Captured album was originally released in 1986 on 10 Records, with limited distribution, and featured the vocal talents of The Jones Girls (Shirley, Brenda & Valorie), Pearl Williams Jones, Bunny Sigler & Cynthia Biggs.

Dexter and wife Judith Wansel have created their own show called called Sounds Of Philadelphia. In which during live performances, Grammy award winner Dexter Wansel performs some of the music he helped to create for many world renowned recording artists as well as his own music. He also honors Gamble and Huff with a performance of their phenomenal Lou Rawls hit, 'You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine' from the album 'All Things In Time' which he helped produce and arrange: In 1978 as conductor of the world famous MFSB Orchestra, (Tsop-The Soul Train Theme) Dexter Wansel was the musical director for the historic show at the White House commemorating the very first 'Black Music History Month' celebration in 1978. From 1978 through 1980, Dexter Wansel was the A+R Director for Philadelphia international records where he oversaw album releases by the labels artists including McFadden and Whitehead's and their historic single "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" As well as Teddy Pendergrass's TP album.. The sounds of Philadelphia have many stories, this is just one of them. Dexter Wansel Presents Sounds of Philadelphia.

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Personal life

Wansel is the father of Grammy-nominated music producer and songwriter Pop Wansel, and a U.S Army Veteran of the Vietnam War era (Taiwan). Most recently he has authored a novel entitled Shortwave, published in 2011.

Selected production discography

  • The Jacksons - The Jacksons, 1976
  • Lou Rawls - All Things in Time, 1976
  • The Jacksons - Goin' Places, 1977
  • Lou Rawls - Unmistakably Lou. 1977
  • Lou Rawls - Let Me Be Good to You, 1979
  • Teddy Pendergrass - TP, 1980
  • Lou Rawls - Sit Down and Talk to Me, 1980
  • Patti LaBelle - The Spirit's in It, 1981
  • Patti LaBelle - I'm in Love Again, 1983
  • Patti LaBelle - Patti, 1983
  • Phyllis Hyman - Living All Alone, 1986
  • References

    Dexter Wansel Wikipedia