Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth, Scott Henderson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Grant Green, Steve Vai, Brad Mehldau, Bjork, Chick Corea, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Donald Fagan, Eivind Aarset,
Joe Zawinul, John Abercrombie, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Led Zeppelin, Nils Petter Molvaer, Squarepusher, Paco De Lucia
Sounds Like
a bird taking flight ... launching itself from the highest cliff and soaring in and out of your aural canals ... swopping and morphing in to a jet plane before reaching the inner most layers of the stratosphere.
Born in San Francisco, CA to a musical family, there was never a day when Ede Wright didn’t hear either classical piano from his mother, or Jazz saxophone from his father. At the age of 7 Ede’s family landed in Tampa, FL where by random chance, he received his first guitar.
Ede explains in a recent interview: “I remember as a kid running through the empty house my family was moving in to. As I was exploring this house my sister yelled out, “hey look what I found.” She stumbled across an old guitar someone had left in a closet. I hadn’t thought about playing the guitar up to that point but I found myself drawn to it every time my sister wasn’t around. It soon became evident to everyone that the guitar was destined for me and I’ve been fascinated with it ever since.”
When Ede moved to Atlanta in 1989, he walked in to a scene that was crackling with energy. Doors opened to amazing opportunities as Ede worked on many diverse projects with an array of artists: Destiny’s Child, Mya, Ceelo, India Arie, Gumbi Ortiz, K.D. Lang, David Sanborn, Euge Groove, P’taah, Anne Nesbee, Kaya, Bebl Gilberto, and Everything But the Girl.
The world stage was opened to Ede through multiple appearances in the UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Israel, Japan, Portugal, Germany, and Luxembourg as a touring sideman with jazz vocalist Lizz Wright, experimental electronic group Ananda Project, and Grammy nominated jazz trumpeter Russell Gunn.
Whether touring, working in the studio, or teaching guitar, he always brings a fresh sound and viewpoint to the music. That fresh sound will soon be heard on Ede’s second self produced CD titled “Gravity,” on his own independent label Without Wings Music LLC. “The music on Gravity,” Ede says, “is world jazz, with influences ranging from Afro Cuban, Indian Classical, Electronic, and Rock, all wrapped in the rich tradition of jazz.”
Keep your eyes and ears open for new music from Ede Wright in the early fall of 2007. Ede is one of the brightest lights in the world music scene with a sound and vision truly his own. “Life is a beautiful gift, as is music,” Ede continues, “I pray my music can help people to see the infinite beauty in themselves.”
...dear Ede, you're always so sweet!!! thank you for the comment about that picture... :) I sincerly like this new default one of yours soooooo much, love the smile, the colors, the life...
Hey Ede, Sorry I've neglected my friends. I've had some intensive work to do on my song "Olivette" and I have a BoDeen song to finish now. It's called "Broke Down On The Side Of The Road." I think I'll get the pedal steel part finished today. Then we have to re-record the vocal, mix it down, master it and it'll be done. Hope you feel well and happy! Gently, Thomas Oliver
Thanks for adding me as friend. Your an Awesome musican and radiate happiness for me. Hope life keeps you as blessed as you appear to already be. Look forward to seeing you perform one day soon.
The Sparrow Trio tonight???? Why am I just finding out about this....you guys know I'm your biggest fan!!! So now I've got to drop EVERY plan I had for tonight, 'cause I've got to come out and show some LUV!! :-)
hey ede, i just finished the last tune for my cd. it's going to be mastered on june 20th and it should be out by august. i will definitely send you a copy. your cd is totally killing- you should be very proud!
jack
p.s. i'm getting my axe-fx ultra next week! i'm psyched!
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