Biography 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

Soul Talk (Vortex Records)

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 Lalo Schifrin

Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette, 1962)

Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (Audio Fidelity, 1962)

Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1963)

With Jimmy Witherspoon

Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)

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