Leo Wright

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.

As leader/co-leader

 * Blues Shout (Atlantic, 1960)
 * Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1961)
 * Soul Talk (Vortex, 1963)
 * Modern Jazz Studio Number 4 (Amiga, 1965 [1970])
 * Flute + Alto – Sax (Amiga, 1965 [1967])
 * Alto Summit (MPS, 1968) with Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter and Phil Woods
 * It's All Wright (MPS, 1972)
 * Evening Breeze (Roulette, 1977)
 * New Horn in Town/Blues Shote (Fresh Sound, 2012)

As sideman
With Booker Ervin With Kenny Burrell With Gloria Coleman With Johnny Coles With Tadd Dameron With Red Garland With Dizzy Gillespie With Gildo Mahones With Jack McDuff With Blue Mitchell With Oliver Nelson With Dave Pike With Lalo Schifrin With Richard Williams With Jimmy Witherspoon With Antônio Carlos Jobim
 * ''Doug's Night Club, Berlin, Germany" (Bootleg), 1965)
 * Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1962 [1983])
 * Soul Sisters (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Little Johnny C (Blue Note, 1963)
 * The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)
 * I Left My Heart... (Muse, 1978 [1985])
 * Copenhagen Concert (SteepleChase)
 * Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
 * An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961)
 * Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
 * Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips, 1962)
 * A Musical Safari – Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1961 (Booman, 1974)
 * New Wave (Philips, 1963)
 * I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963)
 * The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964)
 * Screamin' (Prestige, 1962)
 * Step Lightly (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)
 * Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette, 1962)
 * Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (Audio Fidelity, 1962)
 * Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1963)
 * New Horn in Town (Candid, 1960)
 * Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)
 * The Composer of Desafinado Plays (Verve, 1963)