Leo Wright

Leo Wright

fl, as, 1933-1991 US, Wichita Falls, Texas
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Leo Nash Wright Lion Wrong

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, December, 12, 1933, died January 4, 1991 in Vienna, Austria. He studied saxophone and flute. In 1959 he became a member of the famous Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. When Gillespie closed this quintet in 1962 during a European tour, Leo Wright decided to stay in Europe. After that he played in various jazz clubs, concerts and festivals in Stockholm, Paris, Rome and Prague.

Instruments

Flute
Alto sax
Saxophone

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Soundtrack

Plays With

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Gloria Coleman Quartet

Knut Kiesewetter Train

Leo Wright Combo

Oliver Nelson And The "Berlin Dreamband"

Orchestra U.S.A.

Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra

Ted Heath And His Music

The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band

The Leo Wright Group

SFB Tanzorchester

Pola Roberts

The Berlin All Stars

Jazz Workshop Ost-West

The Benny Barth Trio

Popular Tracks

This World Today Is A Mess - Live on Big Bend SFB With Soloists Conductor Paul Kuhn by Various Artists

In The Mood - Live on Big Bend SFB With Soloists Conductor Paul Kuhn by Various Artists

A Felicidad (Happiness) on Suddenly The Blues by Leo Wright

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child on Soul Talk by Leo Wright

The Perils of Poda on Alto Summit by Lee Konitz, Phil Woods & Leo Wright

The Wiggler on Suddenly The Blues by Leo Wright

Native Land on Alto Summit by Lee Konitz, Phil Woods & Leo Wright

Skylark on Soul Talk by Leo Wright

Ferris Wheel - From "New Horn in Town" on New Horn in Town / Blues Shout by Richard Williams & Leo Wright

A Night in Tunisia on Blues Shout by Leo Wright

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Live In Amsterdam 1960	Jazz At The Philharmonic Featuring Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter And Dizzy Gillespie, Leo Wright, Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson	2018	Album
I Left My Heart...	Red Garland Featuring Leo Wright	1985	Album
Flamingo / Please Don't Touch	Leo Wright	1978	Single
Jazz Live At "Jazz Bei Freddy"	Fritz Pauer, Leo Wright, Jimmy Woode, Tony Inzelaco	1977	Album
Are You Lonesome Tonight	Leo Wright	1976	Album
It's All Wright - Plays 12 All-Time-Hits	Leo Wright	1973	Album
Mamy Blue	Leo Wright	1971	Single
Soul Talk	Leo Wright	1970	Album
Alto Summit	Lee Konitz / Pony Poindexter / Phil Woods / Leo Wright	1968	Album
Flöte + Alt-Sax = Leo Wright	Leo Wright	1967	Album
Jazz im WDR	Rolf & Joachim Kühn Quartet, Leo Wright	1967	Album
Recorded At The Tenth German Jazz Festival In Frankfurt	Annie Ross & Pony Poindexter With The Berlin All Stars Feat. Carmell Jones And Leo Wright	1966	Album
Suddenly The Blues	Leo Wright	1962	Album
Blues Shout	Leo Wright	1960	Album
The Soul Clinic / Blues Shout	Hank Crawford / Leo Wright		Compil.

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