Dennis. L. Winter was born on the 8th of December 1958 in Paramaribo the capitol of Suriname. In 1968 he’s parents moved to Rotterdam where he grew up. Dennis has thought himself to play the guitar. Later on he studied advanced masters of guitar and composition with Ab Bronkhorts in The Hague. Dennis plays acoustic and electric guitar and percussion.
As a Guitar player : he played in varies local bands. In 1983 he formed he’s own band Majazzu. He led this band for about 10 years. Majazzu plays Afro fusion, mainly his own compositions. About the same time he formed the band Power by Birth. This band played Funk, Jazz, and Hip Hop also mainly compositions by Dennis.L. Winter. As a side man he worked with Frank Wrigth, Woody Shaw, Roy Campbel, William Parker, Hidaje Taninaka and many more. He performed in different country’s in Europe and in the USA, and Canada.

Majazzu live performance : Line-Up

Lead vocal: Arienne Groenewout
Keyboard: Hayang Kim
Keyboard: Jolanda Wagenaar
Bass: Gerold Olieberg
Drums: John Muskiet
Calabash+Sabar: Serigne C M Gueye
Tabla: Niti Ranjan Biswas
Saxes: Stanislav Mitrovitch
Guitars: Dennis L. Winter

Bookining : dennis@majazzu.com
+31(0)646194946