Jazz and hip-hop trumpet player from West Baltimore. Graduate of Peabody Conservatory of Music. Toured worldwide with the Gary Thomas Quintet, R&B artist D’Angelo, gospel artist Natale Wilson, pop singer Christine Aguilara, and others. Also performed with Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Stevie Wonder, Gary Bartz, Cyrus Chestnut, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and many others. Performed for Broadway musicals “Dinah Was” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” Performed and (or) produced for rapper Xzibit, American Idol winner Reuben Studdard, gospel artist Mary Mary, and cable TV program “Pimp My Ride.”… Seen locally at the Eight by Ten…
1996 voted Best Up-and-Coming Jazz Musician in Baltimore City Paper poll. 1997 semi-finalist in Theloneous Monk International Trumpet competition, and finalist in Marvin Hamlisch Search for A Star. 2002 won Children’s Music category of John Lennon Songwriting contest with composition “I Love School.”
Played on Gary Thomas 1996 CD “Overkill,” Roy Hargrove 2003 RH Factor CD Hard Groove (Verve Records)…
Winslow’s CD’s include:
1997(CD) Ransom 4843 Clinical Depression (as Ransom)
1998(CD) Ransom Ballads
1999(CD) Ranson Live at the BMA
2006(CD) Ransom Change a Life…Change the World
2011(CD) The Life Album (Winslow Dynasty)
2014(CD) Enter the Dynasty
2021(CD) Walking Art
