Dave Wright

Dave Wright

David Wright plays saxes, clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute in the band.  He’s earned 3 Grammy Awards and 2 gold albums as a member of the Sounds of Blackness. He’s performed with the Temptations, Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops, Ray Charles, Doc Severinsen, The New Standards, and other major artists. He’s performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Wayzata and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras. In 2006 he performed on stage as a Jazz Saxophonist actor in the New Guthrie’s Inaugural season of “The Great Gatsby. David graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, with a B.M.E and an M.S.T. in Music Education.