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Denys Justin Wright (6 May 1924 – 8 February 1992), better known as Denny Wright, was a jazz and skiffle guitarist who performed with Stephane Grappelli, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Duncan (bluegrass musician), Digby Fairweather, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine, Fapy Lafertin, Russ Conway, Bireli Lagrene, Nigel Kennedy and his great friend George Shearing. A session musician for many years, he frequently acted as arranger and "fixer" for recording sessions. Wright was a prolific jazz and orchestra composer. He led many bands, ranging from small jazz ensembles through night club bands to full size orchestras. In addition to jazz and skiffle, he worked with Latin American and Jamaican bands, including Kenny Graham's Afro-Cubists. He contributed to swing bands and orchestras, frequently playing with the Carl Barriteau orchestra, the Decca Records house band under Phil Green, and, on occasion, the Glenn Miller band. Denny Wright was voted the 1980 BBC Jazz Society Musician of the Year. Although best known as a guitarist, his favourite instrument was the piano - the only musical instrument he would ever play at home. ''Travellin' Blues'' by Johnny Duncan and the Bluegrass Boys feature Wright's piano playing. == Early life == Denny Wright was born in Deptford, London, UK, and grew up in Brockley, with frequent forays to the Old Kent Road and the Elephant and Castle. His parents were Joseph William Wright, a skilled wireless telegraphist who worked for the General Post Office and who served with the Royal Engineers throughout World War One, and Selina Elizabeth Stewart, a Scot. Denny's paternal family originally came from Polstead and Boxstead in Suffolk, although they had moved to Deptford by 1881. Denny's grandfather, Ephraim Wright, was an Engine Fitter; Ephraim died at the age of 34 on November 26th 1894 at the South Eastern Hospital in Deptford, the victim of Enteric Fever - also known as Typhoid. Denny's first instrument was the piano. His older brother, Alex Wright, was a semi-professional guitarist before the war and Denny, ten years younger, was soon trying to play his brother's guitar. Denny began playing professionally before World War II, while still at school, pulling in a substantial income. Idiosyncratically, he nearly always used his thumb on the top E string and could only play as fast as he could sing. He often sang along as he played a solo; for instance, you can hear Denny briefly singing along with his solo at 0'50" on Lonnie Donegan's No 4 UK hit "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O", recorded in 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denny Wright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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