01/01/2012 Teaser Track from New Album!Happy New Year! Musicbyaiw.com now streams an mp3 of "Magnolia," one of eleven tracks that will be featured on our new record, People Calling. It should play automatically when you reach any page. My site-wide mp3 player is located at the bottom of every page. "Magnolia" is a ballad I wrote in late May 2011. It is one of four tracks that feature the full quintet: 12/20/2011 New CD in its Final Production Stages!
10/24/2011 Owens-Wright Record Coming Soon!
10/18/2011 Offoffoff.com ReviewGenna Baroni's Ragerian's Triptych Vignettes was given a lot of positive attention in this review by Quinn Batson for Offoffoff.com. I worked closely with Miss Baroni to produce the "score" for this three-movement dance piece. 10/06/2011 Saturday 10/08 kerPlunk at City CenterThis upcoming Saturday, October 8, kerPlunk dance company is performing at City Center. The program inculdes Genna Baroni's Ragerian's Triptych Vignettes, a dance piece I produced music for. 07/03/2011 Sade and I are Married!
If you missed it, don't worry, our wedding will be featured on a major cable TV network in Spring 2012.... 10/25/2010 Eleven Daughters Reviewed in CadenceEleven Daughters is a nice modern mainstream set, with just the right touch of funk and dissonance to recall some mid-1960s Jackie McLean to my ears. The leader plays with the kind of agile muscularity of, say, Michael Formanek and he pairs really well with Menendez, who crackles throughout. Grant and Willcox are both fairly brooding presences, though that’s not at all meant as a negative. Together, the group contains a winning assemblage of contrasts. 04/03/2010 Jazzweek Top 200 AirplayEleven Daughters is 169 this week on Jazzweek's Radio Report. 03/29/2010 Jazzweek Top 200 Airplay: Past 3 Weeks
03/22/2010 New CD Review"Bassist Aaron Immanuel Wright's debut CD indicate a cool rendering where music is demanding, melodic and confrontational, alternating competitive dissonance with translucence. Wright's bass lines are direct with a heavy distinct convulsive sound, learned from playing in many different environments, and with a degree in philosophy and music, performing and composing among the best jazz musicians in the world. Accompanied by mentor, educator and pianist Darrell Grant, talented saxophonist Tim Willcox and drummer Brian Menendez. Without question, the Aaron Immanuel Wright's quartet proves again that exciting jazz music arises from the Pacific Northwest. Well traveled musicians from all over the jazz scene who settled in Portland, Oregon to create wonderful ideas, to practice, play and teach their art. Jazz artists, as Aaron Immanuel Wright are from a different stripe, where music is integral to existence." 03/15/2010 Japanese ReviewCan you read Japanese? Here is a review of Eleven Daughters in Japanese. 03/08/2010 All Music Guide ReviewAdam Greenberg's review of Eleven Daughters on All Music Guide was recently published online. 03/01/20 Jazzweek Top 200 Airplay: Past 3 Weeks
02/08/2010 Jazzweek Top 200 AirplayEleven Daughters moved up to 134 this week on Jazzweek's Radio Report. 02/01/2010 Jazzweek Top 200 AirplayAaron's Eleven Daughters made 174 this week on Jazzweek's Radio Report. 01/22/2010 Music "Button" on WBEZ 91.5 ChicagoAaron's bass intro to "Something Mainstream," from the new album, Eleven Daughters, was used as a button at the tail end of today's Eight Forty-Eight, on WBEZ 91.5 radio in Chicago. The program runs Monday through Thursday at 9am and 8pm, and Friday at 9am. 01/19/2010 Debut Album Released: Eleven DaughtersNew York-based bassist and composer Aaron Immanuel Wright's dynamic debut recording features the lyrical piano work of Darrell Grant, along with his fellow Portlander on saxophone Tim Wilcox, and the Philadelphia-bred drummer Brian Menendez. Wright penned, or co-wrote all of the music, and arranged the standard "Laura." From the opening bass line of "Something Mainstream," it's clear Wright has ideas that quickly move beyond the mainstream as the band explores his compositions in a truly modern vein. The lush arco tones of Wright's bass, blend with Grant's sensitive piano work on the title track, and the searching melody of "Late Goodbye" has an inspired European jazz aesthetic. On "Eleven Daughters," Wright carries on the tradition of the great jazz bassists - Mingus, Holland, Gress, Formanek - who have a very natural knack of crafting superlative and nuanced ensemble recordings. 06/23/2009 Origin Records wins Label of the Year!SEATTLE'S ORIGIN RECORDS NAMED JAZZWEEK'S 2009 “LABEL OF THE YEAR” 07/29/2008 Electric Renaissance MP3 Now Available! Visit the secret electric eggs page to download Electric Renaissance. 7/23/2008 New Large Ensemble WorkElectric Renaissance was recorded on Friday, July 18 at Chessvolt Studios in Van Nuys, CA. It is one of my larger-ensemble fusion works, featuring several wind players, including a cimbasso (a rare low brass instrument). We have a little more post production work to do on the track, then I will post the mp3. Check back in for updates. 03/17/2008 Mike Koizumi's "Joust" Storyboard artist Mike Koizumi just posted "Joust" on Youtube.com. It's a storyboard animatic featuring a musical score by A.I. Wright. |
My new record with Dudley Owens, People Calling, is in its final stages of production. After several mixing sessions with engineer Sean Kelly on 
