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Vinx De'Jon Parrette (born 15 December 1957), known professionally as Vinx, is a percussionist, singer, songwriter, and former athlete.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.The next time Vinx performed at Montreux Jazz Festival would be July 20,1990 when he performed nine of his own songs: The following day, Jul 21, 1990, Vinx performed alongside Sting. 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.. 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 at Auditorium Stravinski Vinx founded a critically acclaimed songwriting/creativity workshop series called Songwriter Soul Kitchen.
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