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Leo 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

Pressings credited

132

Albums

8

Decades active

49

In collections

Biography

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 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.

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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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