Frank Wright

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The Lady 07:05 Tools
Your Prayer (Edit) 05:46 Tools
Train Stop 07:36 Tools
No End 07:03 Tools
Your Prayer 15:48 Tools
Fire of Spirits 12:46 Tools
The Earth 07:45 Tools
Jerry 11:57 Tools
Being 06:30 Tools
Aurora Borealis 07:48 Tools
The Moon 14:34 Tools
Oriental Mood 08:57 Tools
Grooving 06:54 Tools
Pluto 03:54 Tools
Unity Part 1 27:22 Tools
Recording 00:47 Tools
Unity Part 2 29:00 Tools
One For John 16:13 Tools
Bernard Stollman Meets Frank Wright 01:03 Tools
The Voice of Life 01:03 Tools
Bernard Advises Frank on Europe 00:53 Tools
Playing With Other Musicians 01:44 Tools
China 25:05 Tools
Europe Vs. America (Part Two) 01:56 Tools
One for John/China, Pt. 2 01:56 Tools
Odeon 06:57 Tools
Long Way From Home 04:16 Tools
Other Recordings, Books, and More 02:52 Tools
Europe Vs. America (Part One) 03:05 Tools
No End To The Sun 05:06 Tools
November The First 05:48 Tools
Grooving - Instrumental 06:52 Tools
Cowboys And Indians 05:48 Tools
Pluto - Instrumental 03:54 Tools
Kevin, My Dear Son 06:52 Tools
Being - Instrumental 06:28 Tools
Oriental Mood - Instrumental 08:55 Tools
T-and-W 11:33 Tools
Aurora Borealis - Instrumental 07:44 Tools
Export 08:55 Tools
Rice Patch 11:56 Tools
One For John/China Part 2 - Original 16:42 Tools
Side One 21:46 Tools
Stove Man, Love Is The Word 10:05 Tools
Pluto (Instrumental) 03:54 Tools
Being (Instrumental) 06:29 Tools
Two Birds With One Stone 18:57 Tools
Aurora Borealis (Instrumental) 07:44 Tools
Thinking Of Monk 01:21 Tools
Grooving (Instrumental) 06:52 Tools
Oriental Mood (Instrumental) 08:56 Tools
Unity Part II (USES84028002) 08:56 Tools
Side Two 22:20 Tools
Doing The Polka 10:16 Tools
Winter Echoes 14:47 Tools
Unity Part 4 00:47 Tools
Unity Part 5 13:10 Tools
Unity Part 3 05:05 Tools
Church Number 9 13:10 Tools
Center of the World, Part 1 19:51 Tools
Church Number Nine, Part I 13:10 Tools
Center of the World, Part 2 19:45 Tools
Guanna dance, Part 1 04:05 Tools
Run with the cowboys 04:05 Tools
Part 2 18:35 Tools
Church Number Nine, Part Ii 04:05 Tools
Overture to a Greek Comedy (arr. for brass band) 01:37 Tools
Part I 22:20 Tools
Guanna dance, Part 2 11:36 Tools
Part 1 05:05 Tools
Part II 05:05 Tools
Kevin My Dear Son 11:36 Tools
One for John / China, Part 2 05:05 Tools
China - Parts 1 & 2 05:05 Tools
An other day 05:05 Tools
Church Number 9 Part I 05:05 Tools
Part 6 05:22 Tools
Up Against the Wall 05:05 Tools
One For John/China, part 2 05:05 Tools
Part III 18:35 Tools
China (Part 1) 05:07 Tools
Zion Hill 05:05 Tools
Part IV 05:22 Tools
Part V 05:07 Tools
Side A 05:22 Tools
Side B 05:47 Tools
China (Part 2) 05:07 Tools
Church Number 9 Part II 05:07 Tools
Right On 00:00 Tools
Part VI 05:47 Tools
La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny): Overture (arr. for brass band) 01:37 Tools
Reverend Blues 05:07 Tools
The Voice Of Life [Interview] 01:03 Tools
We Met Frank and Butch in Town 05:07 Tools
Unity: Part V 01:03 Tools
Church Number Ten 05:07 Tools
Do you like it pt.2 05:07 Tools
Part 3 01:03 Tools
Part 4 01:45 Tools
Bernard Stollman Meets Franks Wright [Interview] 01:04 Tools
Recording [Interview] 00:47 Tools
Bernard Advises Frank On Europe [Interview] 00:53 Tools
Komedianti (The Comedians), Op. 26: II. Galop (arr. F. Wright) 01:37 Tools
04 - being 01:37 Tools
English Folk Song Suite (arr. F. Wright): I. March - Seventeen Come Sunday 01:03 Tools
Incantation 01:03 Tools
church number nine, pt. 1 01:03 Tools
Europe vs. America, Pt. 1 [Interview] 03:06 Tools
Playing With Other Musicians [Interview] 01:45 Tools
Shouting The Blues Side 1 19:10 Tools
Part One 01:03 Tools
Europe vs.America, pt.2 01:03 Tools
A1 - The Lady 01:03 Tools
Europe vs. America, Pt 2. [Interview] 01:03 Tools
Other Recordings, Books, And More [Interview] 01:03 Tools
One for John, China (part 2) 01:03 Tools
Unity: Part II 01:03 Tools
Our Sound Unity 00:53 Tools
Church Number Nine Pt I 19:10 Tools
Centre of the World Part 2 19:10 Tools
Diadem of Gold Overture (arr. for brass) 19:10 Tools
02 - aurora borealis 19:10 Tools
A2 - Train Stop 19:10 Tools
Unity: Part I 19:10 Tools
05 - pluto 19:10 Tools
Diadem Of Gold Overture - Arr. For Brass 01:45 Tools
03 - grooving 01:45 Tools
side 1 01:45 Tools
Europe vs.America, pt.1 01:45 Tools
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Frank Wright was a fiery tenor saxophonist. He gained recognition from his albums on the ESP-DISK label, recorded during the late sixties. He went on to record with such artists as Peter Brotzmann, Bobby Few, Noah Howard, and Alan Silva. He died in 1990. ---- Biography by Chris Kelsey (taken from Allmusic Guide) ---- Wright never made much of a name for himself outside the innermost circle of free jazz musicians and fans, yet he was influential in his own subversive way. Unlike Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, or Cecil Taylor —peers and contemporaries who were the same age or only slightly older — Wright never recorded even a single record under his own name for a major label; he was "underground" his entire career. Ayler's scalding abstract expressionism was the prime influence on Wright, who transformed it with his own personality and passed it on. Echoes of Wright's playing can be heard in the work of such younger saxophonists as Glenn Spearman, Sabir Mateen, Charles Gayle, and Thomas Borgmann. Wright played electric bass as a young man, performing in R&B bands in Memphis and Cleveland — Albert Ayler's hometown. It was there that he met Ayler, who inspired him to take up the tenor saxophone. Wright moved to New York in the early '60s and established himself on the burgeoning free jazz scene, playing with such musicians as organist Larry Young, saxophonist Noah Howard, and drummer Sunny Murray. Wright also played briefly with John Coltrane and Cecil Taylor. He led his first record date in 1965, Frank Wright Trio for the ESP label; his band included bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Tom Price. A Wright-led quintet recorded Your Prayer for ESP in 1967. He moved to France two years later, where he played with other American expatriates, including Noah Howard, pianist Bobby Few, and drummer Art Taylor. The early '70s saw Wright perform and record with a band usually comprised of himself, Few, Howard, and drummer (not boxer) Muhammad Ali; bassist Alan Silva replaced Howard around 1972. After returning briefly to the U.S. in 1971, Wright moved back to France. During the '70s and '80s, he worked both there and in the U.S., recording mostly for small European labels as both a leader and sideman with such musicians as bassist Saheb Sarbib, saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, and trumpeter Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson. In the mid-'80s, he formed an association with the world-renowned visual artist and sometime musician A.R. Penck; he also recorded and performed with Cecil Taylor. In 1988, he performed in concert with the Art Ensemble of Chicago at the Petrillo Bandshell in Chicago. His last recordings from 1989-1990 were with a trio that included Penck on drums and Frank Wollny on bass. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.