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Leo Wright

real name Leo Nash Wright

Leo Wright is credited on 705 releases across 132 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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705

Credits

132

Albums

8

Decades active

54

In collections

Biography

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Jazz alto saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, December, 12, 1933, died January 4, 1991 in Vienna, Austria.
In 1959 Wright became a member of Dizzy Gillespie's quintet and big band. When Gillespie disbanded this quintet in 1962, during a European tour, Wright decided to stay in Europe. After that he played various jazz clubs, concerts and festivals in Stockholm, Paris, Rome and Prague.

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Credited work

705 releases · 132 albums · active 1955–2025

  • Performance · 1,225
  • Other credits · 44
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: The Museum Of Modern Art, New York · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Hansa Tonstudios · MPS-Studio, Villingen

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