Brandon Wright
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Genre: Acoustic / Funk / Jazz
Location Brooklyn, New York, US
Profile Views: 29769
Last Login: 6/21/2011
Member Since 7/1/2006
Website www.wrightjazz.com
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Saxophonist Brandon Wright is widely regarded by both his elders and peers as an important and emerging new voice on the New York jazz scene. Brandon regularly leads his own quartet around the New York City area, and has already made leader appearances at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Kitano Hotel, Smalls Jazz Club, Smoke, Zinc Bar, Trum- pets, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. With the release of Brandon Wright’s debut album on Posi-Tone Re- cords, it is becoming clear that Brandon is truly entering into the next phase of his career and development as an artist. The album's title, Boiling Point, aptly describes his status and progression along his ca- reer path as a musician and composer. Originally from Woodcliff Lake, NJ, Brandon received his training from the University of Michigan and the University of Miami, where he won the 2004 North American Saxophone Alliance Jazz Competition, and was selected for the 2005 Henry Mancini Institute. Since his Miami days, Brandon has played with the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band/Dynasty/Orchestra, the Chico O’Farill Latin Big Band, the John Fedchock New York Big Band, Doc Severinsen, Fred Wesley, and Tony Bennett. Most recently, Brandon has been performing and touring in- ternationally as a member of Chuck Mangione's working group. -
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Dave Kikoski, John Dimartino, Alex Collins, Boris Koslov, Hans Glawishnig, Marco Panascia, Matt Wilson, Kendrick Scott, Pete Van Nostrand, Christian Tamburr, Alex Norris .. .......... .......... -
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Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Johnny Griffin, Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Woody Shaw, Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus, Curtis Fuller, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Michael Brecker, Lew Tabackin, Harry Allen, Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman, Mark Turner, Joel Frahm, Branford Marsalis, Rick Margitza, Jerry Bergonzi, Rich Perry, Maria Schneider, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band, Walt Weiskopf, Dave Liebman, Ron Miller, Jerry Weldon, Donald Walden, Tom Scott, David Sanborn etc.. -
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Jazz Saxophone. I guess it depends on what I'm feeling on that particular day.
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10 of 275MoreNEVER EVER EVER QUIT Brandon!
The Power of Persistence
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PERSISTENCE ...
"Lots of people LIMIT THEIR POSSIBILITIES by
GIVING UP EASILY. NEVER tell yourself this is
TOO MUCH FOR ME. It's NO USE. I CAN'T GO ON.
If you do you're LICKED, and by your OWN THINKING TOO.
Keep BELIEVING and keep on KEEPING ON."
~ Norman Vincent Peale
FALL SEVEN TIMES AND STAND UP EIGHT!
NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
SPEAK FREELY Brandon!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH ...
"If we DON'T BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
for people we DESPISE,
we DON'T BELIEVE IN IT AT ALL."
~ Noam Chomsky
I MAY DISAPPROVE OF WHAT YOU SAY ~
BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH YOUR
RIGHT TO SAY IT! DO YOU BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH?
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Are you OPTIMISTIC Brandon?
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OPTIMISM ...
"OPTIMISM INSPIRES, ENERGIZES, and brings out
OUR BEST. It points the mind toward POSSIBILITIES
and helps us THINK CREATIVELY past problems."
~ Price Pritchett
OPTIMISM IS JOYFUL SEARCHING AND THE FAITH THAT
LEADS TO ACHIEVEMENT. PESSIMISM IS A SELF-MADE
PRISON OF FEAR.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Make A Difference Today Brandon!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE ...
"Any time you have an opportunity to MAKE A DIFFERENCE
in this world and YOU DON'T, then you are WASTING YOUR
TIME on Earth.”
~ Roberto Clemente
ACT AS IF WHAT YOU DO MAKES A DIFFERENCE ~
IT DOES!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
OR
CDBaby.com / ITunes
LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
LAUGH, LOVE, AND LIVE Brandon!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LAUGHTER ...
We were BORN TO LAUGH!
Babies start laughing when they are only 10-12 weeks old.
HUMOR helps us to think out of the box.
The AVERAGE CHILD laughs about 400 TIMES per day.
The AVERAGE ADULT laughs only 15 TIMES per day.
What happened to the other 385 laughs?
WE CAN ALL LEARN A LOT FROM A CHILD ABOUT
HOW TO LAUGH ~ AND HOW TO LIVE!
REMEMBER TO LAUGH AS MUCH AS YOU BREATHE
AND LOVE AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
OR
CDBaby.com / ITunes
LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Catch the CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Brandon!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ...
"Best of all, CHRISTMAS means a SPIRIT OF LOVE,
a time when the love of GOD and the love of our FELLOW MEN should prevail over all HATRED and BITTERNESS,
a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives MANIFEST THE PRESENCE OF GOD."
CHRISTMAS IS MOST TRULY CHRISTMAS WHEN WE CELEBRATE IT BY GIVING THE LIGHT OF LOVE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!
Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
OR
CDBaby.com / ITunes
Thank you for your friendship and I hope to read you soon on these pages
Hi Brandon
thanks 4 your friendship
WISH YOU A FUNKYTASTIC REST OF THE WEEK !
Funky greetings from Germany
Peace & Love
Celia
I'm so sorry Richard I didn't know what I was doing and I accidently deleted your comments, please keep sending them..
how are you doing?