Leo Wright
Leo Wright was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. He played with Booker Ervin, Charles Mingus, 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. He died of a heart attack in 1991 at the age of 57.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
Blues Shout Suddenly the Blues Soul Talk Modern Jazz Studio Number 4 Flute + Alto – Sax- Alto Summit with Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter and Phil WoodsIt's All Wright Evening Breeze
- ''New Horn in Town/Blues Shote''
As sideman
With Booker ErvinDoug's Night Club, Berlin, GermanyWith Kenny BurrellBluesin' Around
With Gloria ColemanSoul Sisters
With Johnny ColesLittle Johnny C
With Tadd DameronThe Magic Touch
With Red Garland
With Dizzy GillespieCopenhagen Concert Gillespiana An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Carnegie Hall Concert Dizzy on the French Riviera A Musical Safari – Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1961 New Wave
With Gildo MahonesI'm Shooting High The Great Gildo
With Jack McDuffScreamin'
With Blue MitchellStep Lightly
With Oliver NelsonBerlin Dialogue for Orchestra
With Dave PikeLimbo Carnival
With Lalo SchifrinLalo = Brilliance Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer
With Richard WilliamsNew Horn in Town
With Jimmy WitherspoonBaby, Baby, Baby
With Antônio Carlos Jobim