Leo Wright

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.

• Name — Leo Wright • Born — 14 December 1933 • Birthplace — Wichita Falls, Texas, United States • Died — 4 January 1991 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Alto saxophone, flute, clarinet

• 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)

With Booker Ervin • Doug's Night Club, Berlin, Germany (Bootleg), 1965) 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 Dameron • The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962) With Red Garland • I Left My Heart... (Muse, 1978 [1985]) With Dizzy Gillespie • 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) With Gildo Mahones • I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963) • The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964) With Jack McDuff • Screamin (Prestige, 1962) With Blue Mitchell • Step Lightly (Blue Note, 1964) With Oliver Nelson • Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (Flying Dutchman, 1970) With Dave Pike • Limbo Carnival (New Jazz, 1962) With Lalo Schifrin • Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette, 1962) • Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (Audio Fidelity, 1962) • Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1963) With Richard Williams • New Horn in Town (Candid, 1960) With Jimmy Witherspoon • Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963) With Antônio Carlos Jobim • The Composer of Desafinado Plays (Verve, 1963)