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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Dizzy On The French Riviera
Rudy Collins, Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Tzigane Elek Bacsik (guitar), Pepito Riestria (percussion), Ruby Collins (drums), Chris White (double bass), Lalo Schifrin (piano), Leo Wright (alto saxophone)
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Blues Shout + Suddenly the Blues
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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