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Trey Wright began playing guitar at age 15. Initially inspired by the blues, Trey was exposed to jazz early in his development by a private instructor. While studying Sociology at the University of Georgia, Wright furthered his study of jazz improvisation with pianist and composer Steve Dancz. In 1994, he co-founded the Athens/Atlanta based jazz band Squat. The group is a four-time winner of the Best Jazz Award at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards and has been a featured artist at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Twilight Athens Jazz Festival, and Harvest Midtown. Squat has performed with Medeski, Martin, and Wood; the B-52s; Maceo Parker; Maynard Ferguson; the Squirrel Nut Zippers; the Derek Trucks Band; the Sting Cheese Incident; Sector 9; and the Charlie Hunter Trio. Along with managing Squat and producing five independent CD releases, Trey plays guitar and piano with the group touring throughout the Southeast.
Trey also plays freelance in the Athens and Atlanta area and has performed with upright and electric bassist John Patitucci, Grammy winning saxophonist Joe Lovano, Tim Armacost, Tim Hagens and Mel Bay Records artist Corey Christiansen. With the Steve Dancz Quartet and the UGA Jazz Band, Trey has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz A Vienne, and the World Sacred Music Festival in Bangalore, India. As a solo guitarist and with his trio, Trey has been a featured performer at the Athens Music and Arts Festival, the Lake Oconee Jazz Festival, and the Atlanta Jazz Festival. Treys solo guitar style is a unique blend of Americana, Jazz, Brazilian, gospel, and world music. The Trey Wright Trio has held residencies at Gylands, Last Call, and AMF in Athens, GA and Locos Pub and the Five Spot in Atlanta.
In December of 2002, Trey completed a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies at Georgia State University, and he currently is on faculty at LaGrange College, Kennesaw State University, the Atlanta Institute of Music, and is a Jazz Artist in Residence at the University of Georgia. In February 2006, Trey will be releasing his first solo CD, Where Im Calling From. Trey is also putting the finishing touches on his first book Comping the Blues: An Introduction to Jazz Harmony for the Guitar, to be published in late 2006.
Discography:
2006 Trey Wright Where Im Calling From Namaste Records
2005 Bousfield The Seed Namaste Records
2004 Squat Recycled Namaste Records
2003 Dan Gardner More Than Life DG Records
2002 Squat Gruelash Namaste Records
2000 Squat Athfest Compilation Ghostmeat Records
1999 Squat Placebo Namaste Records
1997 Squat Tales From the Side of the Road Namaste Records
hey yo. I've got a title for the next instrumental tune you write. It should be called "Wrong and Wright", or "Wright or Wrong" or something like that. I'm sure you've never heard that before.
