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Earlier this week, Dennis Winslett practiced with his band for their upcoming performance at WaterFire on Saturday. He said being the father of three autistic sons and jamming with local greats at the Mutual Musicians Foundation have helped him develop his own jazz style.
Not that the man who at age 15 jammed at the Mutual Musicians Foundation with local greats like Claude Fiddler Williams and Jay McShann has anything particularly against old style swing, bebop or blues.
The project marks the resumption of his playing career, which had largely been put on hold after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003. He had just come out with his first album, "Soul Journey," when the MS hit his facial muscles and hands. He shifted to jazz education and work with nonprofit groups.
At that point, he'd been playing the sax since he was in the 8 th grade in Olathe.  His father listened to blues and his mother loved gospel music and a high school band director at Olathe North steered him into jazz.
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