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Leo Wright

Leo Wright has been played on NTS in shows including We Are… w/ Paul Camo, featured first on 27 July 2015. Songs played include All Blues and Two Moods.

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…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
All Blues
Annie Ross, Pony Poindexter, The Berlin All Stars, Carmell Jones, Leo Wright
SABA1966
All Blues
Annie Ross, Pony Poindexter, The Berlin All Stars, Carmell Jones, Leo WrightSABA1966
Discogs
Two Moods
Leo Wright
Atlantic1961
Two Moods
Leo WrightAtlantic1961
Discogs