Leo Wright
Born: 14th December 1933, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Died: 4th January 1991, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: American
Leo Wright was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. He played with Charles Mingus, Booker Ervin, John Hardee, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Coles, Blue Mitchell and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1950s, early 1960s and in the late 1970s. Relocating to Europe in 1963, Wright settled in Berlin and later Vienna. During this time he performed and recorded primarily in Europe, using European musicians or fellow American expatriates, such as Kenny Clarke and Art Farmer.
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The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays
Antônio Carlos Jobim (piano, guitar, piano & guitar), Leo Wright (flute), George Duvivier (doublebass), Claus Ogerman
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Leo Wright (multi-instrumentalist)
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Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie, Leo Wright, Lalo Schifrin, Bob Cunningham, Mel Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
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Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Dizzy Gillespie
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins (tenorsaxophone), Charlie Parker (altosaxophone, saxophone), Al Haig (piano), Curley Russell (doublebass), Sidney Catlett (drumkit), Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Oscar Pettiford (doublebass), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Clyde Hart (piano), Don Byas (tenorsaxophone), Trummy Young (trombone), Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra (audioconcept), Cozy Cole (drumkit), Remo Palmieri (guitar), Slam Stewart (doublebass), Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Howard Johnson (altosaxophone), John Brown (altosaxophone), Cecil Payne (baritonesaxophone), Chano Pozo (bongos, congas), Ted Kelly (trombone), William Shepherd (trombone), Thelonious Monk (piano), Buddy Rich (drumkit), Percy Heath (doublebass), John Coltrane (tenorsaxophone), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Sonny Rollins (tenorsaxophone), Sonny Stitt (tenorsaxophone), Ray Bryant (piano), Charlie Persip (drumkit), Tommy Bryant (doublebass), Lalo Schifrin (recordingarranger, piano), Leo Wright (altosaxophone), Chris White (doublebass), Ruby Collins (drumkit), Tzigane Elek Bacsik (guitar), Pepito Riestria (percussion), Frank Schifano (uprightbass), Candy Finch (drumkit), James Moody (saxophone)
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