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American jazz trumpeter, born June 20, 1907 in Texarkana, Texas, died April 13, 1973 in New York City.
Wright played with Bennie Moten, The Missourians, Cab Calloway, Charlie Barnet, Don Redman, Claude Hopkins, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Sy Oliver, Louis Armstrong among others.
Not to be confused with his sons Lamar Wright (1927-1983) and Elmon Wright (1929-1984) who were both jazz trumpeters.

ALBUMS

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Volume 1: The Early Years 1930 - 1934

2001, 4xCD, Album, Comp, JSP Records,

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra

Shorty's Got To Go

1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Jukebox Lil,

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Kicking The Gong Around

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

1977, LP, Caracol, Caracol,

The Missourians

Treasury Of Jazz N° 83

1962, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA Victor,

The Missourians

Treasury Of Jazz N° 13

The Missourians

Harlem In The 20's - Volume One

1954, 10", Comp, "X",

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Somebody's Gotta Go / Blue Garden Blues

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

'Round Midnight / Somebody's Gotta Go

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Let's Go Joe / A Smo-o-o-oth One

1944, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Is You Is, Or Is You Aint / Blue Garden Blues

Big Band/Jump Blues

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

You Are The One In My Heart / St. James Infirmary

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Ogeechee River Lullaby / I Get The Neck Of The Chicken

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Who's Yehoodi? / Hard Times

1940, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2),

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Pluckin' The Bass / Give, Baby, Give

1940, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Paradiddle / Pickin' The Cabbage

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive / Trylon Swing

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

One Big Union For Two / Doing The Reactionary

1938, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Miss Hallelujah Brown / The Boogie-Woogie

1938, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Swing, Swing, Swing / That Man Is Here Again

1937, Shellac, 10", Variety (6)

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

I'm Always In The Mood For You / She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Angeline / Doin' The Rumba

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

How Come You Do Me Like You Do? / Swanee Lullaby

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Minnie The Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song) / Doin' The Rumba

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Black Rhythm / Six Or Seven Times

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

You Can't Stop Me From Lovin' You / Stardust

The Missourians

Ozark Mountain Blues / You'll Cry For Me, But I'll Be Gone

1930, Shellac, 10", RP, Victor

The Missourians

Harlem In The 20's

Cab Calloway and his Orchestra

"Jumpin' Stuff"

LP, Golden Era Records (2),

"The Calloway Years" 1937-1941

2xLP, Comp, Meritt Record Society,

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Connaissance Du Jazz Vol. 17

7", EP, Mono, Coral

Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra

Please be Careful / Backslider's Ball

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

You Dog / Somebody Stole My Gal

APPEARANCES +

Jazz Instruments

2013, Box, Har + 8xCD, Comp, EarBooks, Edel Germany GmbH,

The Ultimate Jazz Archive

2011, 52xCD, Comp + Box, Membran, Motéma, ZOHO,

Dixieland/Swing/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra*

2008, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Big Band/Swing/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Bop

Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions

2007, Box, Ltd, Num + 7xCD, Comp, RM, Mosaic Records (2),

The Singles, Volume 4: 1966-1967

Jazz Im New York Der Wilden Zwanziger

Roots Of Mambo 1930-1950

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

Jazz In The Charts 72/100 (That Old Black Magic 1942 - 1943)

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Documents, Documents,

The Missourians Includes Cotton Club Orchestra And Andy Preer And The Cotton Club Orchestra

The Missourians (1925-1930)

2006, CD, Comp, RM, Vintage Music Productions,

Jazz In The Charts 94/100 (Red Sails In The Sunset 1951)

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Dig, Documents, Documents,

Jazz In The Charts 35/100 - Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? (1937 (6))

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Documents,

Jazz In The Charts 28/100 - A Fine Romance (1936 (5))

2006, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Documents,

Swing/Dixieland

Various, Bill Johnson

How Low Can You Go? : Anthology Of The String Bass (1925-1941)

Calypso/Bluegrass/Ragtime/Big Band/Gospel/Folk

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania,

L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)

2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde,

Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland

2004, 5xDVD-V, PAL + Box, Hitech,

Classic Jazz Archive - "The Hi-Dee-Ho Man"

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Lon, Documents

Genius Of The Be Bop Piano: 1944-1951

2004, CD, Comp, Jazz Legends,

The President's Men (Lester Young's Disciples)

2003, CD, Comp, Saga,

The Wardell Gray Story

2003, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Swing/Big Band

Classic Jazz: The Twenties

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Classic Jazz: The Thirties

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Tenor Sax Story Vol. 2 (1936/1951)

2002, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),

From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish And American Popular Songs From 1914-1950

Klezmer/Swing/Samba/Mambo

2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2)

Dizzy Gillespie

The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Tempus Fugue-It

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Complete 1943-1951 Small Group Recordings

2001, 3xCD, Comp, Definitive Records (2),

The Octet Sounds

2001, CD, Comp, Enh, RM, Ocium

Blue Garden Blues

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Proper Records (2),

Sy Oliver And His Orchestra

New York 1944-1949

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

Changes: L'Arrangiamento Per Big Band

2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Big Band/Dixieland

Harlem Conga (La Batteria Nelle Big Band - Vol.1)

2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

The OKeh Sessions Plus Victor Alternate Takes (1923-1930)

2000, CD, Comp, RM, Cygnet (2),

Jazz Early Days Vol.2

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Disky

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Primary Cuts: Volume One

2000, CD, Album, Comp, Catfish Records

La Saga Dei V-Disc

1999, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Dixieland/Big Band/Cool Jazz

1999, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Dig, A&R Productions, Nostalgia (5),

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

"Justrite" -- The Victor Recordings, Volume 1

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7)

1999, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings,

Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson*

Old Maid Boogie

1998, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records

Dizzy Gillespie

Volume 6 - 1945-1946 - Complementary Works

1997, CD, Comp, Média 7

Bootin' The Boogie -- The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2

Jump Blues/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Jazz The World Forgot Volume 1 (Jazz Classics Of The 1920's)

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Yazoo,

Minnie The Moocher

1996, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish,

Territory Singers (Vol. 1 1922-1928)

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Jazz & Blues Collection

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Editions Atlas,

Swing/Big Band/Vaudeville

Female Blues Singers Volume 2: B (1920-1928)

1996, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

Harlem Jazz (1928-33)

1996, CD, Album, Comp, RCA, BMG

The Classic Tracks

1996, CD, Comp, Kaz Records,

The Associate (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

RnB/Swing/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Soundtrack

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra*

Cruisin’ With Cab

Cootie Williams

Echoes Of Harlem

1995, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Cootie Williams, Cootie Williams & His Orchestra*

Sextet & Big Band 1941/1944

1995, CD, Comp, RM, EPM, Jazz Archives (2),

Big Band/Bop/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Swing

1995, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

His Best Recordings 1930 - 1942

1994, CD, Comp, Best Of Jazz,

Dizzy Gillespie

Volume 3 - 1941-1942 - Complete Edition

1993, CD, Média 7

Cab Calloway Featuring Chu Berry*

Best Of Big Bands

Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955

Big Band/Swing/Dixieland

Volume 2 1931-1933 (Complete Edition)

1992, CD, Comp, Média 7,

Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection

Big Band/Latin Jazz/Swing/Post Bop/Vocal

Il Contrabbasso Nel Jazz

1991, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Bop/Piano Blues/Swing

BMW Dixi Drivers & Friends

1991, Cass, Album, Egal Records

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Street Walkin’ Blues

Lucky Millinder

1989, LP, Comp, Sing

Sy Oliver And His Orchestra

1989, LP, Official (3)

Early Black Swing - The Birth Of Big Band Jazz: 1927 - 1934

Yazoo's History Of Jazz

Ragtime/Dixieland

Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway

Cotton Club Days

Dizzy Gillespie

The Most Important Recordings Of Dizzy Gillespie

Swing/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz

Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra

Minnie The Moocher

The Most Important Recordings Of Cab Calloway

Swing/Jump Blues

Earl Bud Powell*

Early Years Of A Genius, 44-48

The Jazz Arranger Volume 1

Jazz Potpourri Volume Two (20 Collector Items 1925-1933)

1987, LP, Album, Meritt Record Society,

1930s Jazz Big Bands

Count Basie Vol.VI-1946, 1950/1951 "The Orchestra And The Octet"

1986, 2xLP, Comp, CBS,

Bullmoose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats*

Moose On The Loose

1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Saxophonograph,

Jumping And Jiving Vol. 1

1985, LP, Comp, Swingtime,

Kansas City Memories

1985, LP, Comp, IAJRC, IAJRC,

Big Bands: Big Band Bash

1984, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Time Life Music,

I Grandi Del Sax-Tenore Nel Jazz Classico

1984, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

1984, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

1984, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

Big Bands: Big Band Bash

1984, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Hal + Box, Time Life Music, Time Life Music,

Cotton Club Stars

Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues

The Best Of I ♥ Jazz

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Vocal

Big Band Jazz (From The Beginnings To The Fifties)

L'Era Dello Swing

1982, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz, Musica Jazz,

Le Favolose Big Bands

1982, LP, Comp, Queen-disc, Musica Jazz,

Bop/Big Band/Swing

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 1923-25 With Ada Brown And Mary H. Bradford

The Jazz Singers

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, JazzDocument

Leon "Chu" Berry

Leon 'Chu' Berry

1980, LP, Comp, Ltd, Meritt Record Society

1 Steppin' Out 1942 . 1944

Dixieland Jazz Classics

Lucky Millinder's Orch.* With Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Lucky Days 1941-1945

Bullmoose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats*

Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again

Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra*

Minnie The Moocher 1933-1934 Recordings

Laughing In Rhythm

1978, LP, Comp, Stash Records Inc.,

Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Harry Cooper, R.Q. Dickerson & The Cotton Club Orchestra

Harry Cooper, R.Q.Dickerson & The Cotton Club Orchestra

1978, LP, Comp, Collectors Items

Lucky Millinder / Cab Calloway

Awful Natural (1949)

1977, LP, Comp, RCA,

Mr. Hi. De. Ho. 1930-1931

Dizzy Gillespie

The Development Of An American Artist

1976, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Collection, Columbia Special Products,

Bop/Swing/Big Band

Reefer Songs (16 Original Jazz Classics)

Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Tea Pad Songs Volume One

Pot, Spoon, Pipe And Jug - 14 Jazz Vocals And Reefer Songs

Les Rois De La Batterie - Kings Of Drums

1975, 2xLP, Comp, CBS,

Bop/Ragtime/Big Band/Swing/Hard Bop/Space-Age/Latin Jazz

Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra

Minnie The Moocher, Smoky Joe And Co (1933-1934)

1975, LP, Comp, RCA,

Cozy Cole Starring Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster

1944 - Concerto For Cozy

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Really The Jazz: Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 1923-25

Stars Of The Apollo Theatre

Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing

Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet

Bebop Spoken Here

Black Bands 1927-34

1971, LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 1923-25

1971, LP, Comp, Mono, Parlophone, Parlophone

Collectors' Items 1922-1930

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

The Sound Of Harlem

Swing/Piano Blues/Stride/Ragtime/Big Band/Jump Blues/Bop

The Golden Book Of Classic Swing - Volume 2

1963, 3xLP, Comp, Brunswick,

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Jazz*

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Jazz

A History Of Jazz: The New York Scene

Bop/Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Dizzy Gillespie

The Greatest Of Dizzy Gillespie

1960, 7", EP, Fontana, Fontana,

Concerto for Cozy

1960, 7", EP, Ducretet Thomson, Savoy Records

1 - St. James' Infirmary

One O'Clock Jump

Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores

André Persiany

In New-York/Impressions of New-York

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Benny Moten's Kansas City Jazz, Volume 2

1954, 10", Comp, "X", "X",

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

The Old Count And The New Count

30 Ans De Jazz 1

The Modern Idiom

Cool Jazz/Bop/Swing/Big Band

Cab Calloway And His Orch.*

Willow Weep For Me / At The Clam-Bake Carrnival

Sy Oliver And His Orchestra

You Know What The Trouble Is Baby / Lammar's Boogie

1948, Shellac, 10", MGM Records

Cozy Cole Orchestra

Concerto For Cozy / Jehrico

1945, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records,

Cab Calloway And His Orch.*

Willow Weep For Me / Jonah Joins The Cab

Cab Calloway And His Orch.*

Lonesome Nights / Yo Eta Cansa

1940, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Kansas City Shuffle / Yazoo Blues

1927, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Kater Street Rag / Sister Honky Tonk

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Mary H. Bradford* / Ada Brown

Waco Texas Blues / Ill Natured Blues

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

CD, Album, Comp, Past Perfect (2)

Count Basie All Stars*

7", EP, Philips, Philips,

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Volume 1 (1922-1927)

LP, Comp, RE, RCA Victor, RCA Victor,

Dixieland/Swing/Big Band

CD, Comp, Saga,

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1933-1934

LP, Comp, RCA Victor

Cab Calloway & The Missourians

CD, Comp, JSP Records,

Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued Vol. 24 - Open Door '53 (First Part)

CD, Comp, Mono, Philology

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra / Chas. Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs*

St. Louis Dates

7", Pirate Records (8)

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra 1923-1929

Illinois Jacquet

Jumpin’ The Blues

Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra

Margie / Emaline

Early Viper Jive: 1927-1933

Big Band/Piano Blues/Dixieland

From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish And American Popular Songs From 1914-1950

Klezmer/Swing/Samba/Mambo