Leo Wright

Leo Wright (December 14, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas – January 4, 1991 in Vienna) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. He played with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Coles, Blue Mitchell and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1950s, early 1960s and in the late 1970s.

Discography

As leader

• Blues Shout (Atlantic, 1960)
• Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1961)
• Soul Talk (Vortex, 1963)
• Modern Jazz Studio Nr. 4 (Amiga, 1965 [1970])
• Flute+Alto-Sax (Amiga, 1965 [1967])
• It's All Wright (MPS, 1972)
• Evening Breeze (Roulette, 1977)

As sideman

With Kenny Burrell

• Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1962 [1983])

With Gloria Coleman

• Soul Sisters (Impulse!, 1963)

With Johnny Coles

• Little Johnny C (Blue Note, 1963)

With Tadd Dameron

• The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
• An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961)
• Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
• Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips, 1962)
• A Musical Safari - Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1961 (Booman Records, 1974)
• New Wave (Philips, 1963)

With Gildo Mahones

• I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963)
• The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964)

With Jack McDuff

• Screamin' (Prestige, 1962)

With Blue Mitchell

• Step Lightly (Blue Note, 1964)

With Oliver Nelson

• Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Dave Pike

• Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)

With Lalo Schifrin

• Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette, 1962)
• Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (Audio Fidelity, 1962)
• Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1963)

With Richard Williams

• New Horn in Town (Candid, 1960)

With Jimmy Witherspoon

• Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)

With Antônio Carlos Jobim

• The Composer of Desafinado Plays (Verve, 1963)

External links

• Short biography
• Another Short Biography
• A Longer Biography