Top Songs
- Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia · 2007
- Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia · 2006
- Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia · 2006
- Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia · 2000
About Elmon Wright
Born into a musical family -- his father Lammar Wright Sr. and brother Lammar Wright Jr. were respected big band trumpeters -- Elmon Wright was also a musician, playing trumpet with such bandleaders as Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic, Buddy Rich, Earle Warren, and Roy Eldridge in the '40s and '50s. Later he worked freelance in New York City, and backed R&B acts at the Apollo Theater. He recorded in 1963 with vibist Milt Jackson. ~ Chris Kelsey
- HOMETOWN
- Kansas City
- BORN
- 27 October 1929
- GENRE
- Jazz