Performance
Herman Wright
Herman Wright is credited on 291 releases across 64 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
291
Pressings credited
64
Albums
8
Decades active
55
In collections
Biography
Herman Wright (1932 - 1997) was an American jazz double bassist. born in Detroit, Michigan, he began on drums as a teen before ultimately settling on upright bass. He worked with Dorothy Ashby, Wes Montgomery,Terry Gibbs, beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Yusef Lateef, George Shearing, Doug Watkins and on one occasion substituted for Charles Mingus when the latter wanted to play piano. He can also be heard on Allen Ginsberg's Ginsberg Sings Blake. In 1960, he moved to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1997. He had three sons, Herman Wright Jr. (brass and woodwinds), Paris Wright (drums), and Dewayne Wright (piano).
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Credited work
291 releases · 64 albums · active 1955–2025
- Performance · 301
Studios: Ter Mar Studios · Birdland · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Eastern Sounds
1962
The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef
1960
In A Minor Groove
1958
Dorothy Ashby
1962
Smokin' With The Chet Baker Quintet
1966
Boppin' With The Chet Baker Quintet
1967
Cry! – Tender
1960
Four Classic Albums Plus
2014
Stairway To The Stars (The Prestige Sessions)
1996
On A Misty Night (The Prestige Sessions)
1996
Comin' On With The Chet Baker Quintet
1967
The Golden Flute
1967
Groovin' With The Chet Baker Quintet
1966
Into Something
1962
Satin Affair
1961
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Terry Gibbs
- Yusef Lateef
- Dorothy Ashby
- The Chet Baker Quintet
- Al Grey
- Charles Mingus
- Billy Mitchell
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