In the late 1970s, following an academic teaching career and radical politics, Jack Wright began directing his energies into playing the saxophone, which he had done in his youth. He is today one of the few musicians that have played improvised music exclusively since that time. Through years of touring in Europe and North America he came to be regarded as the “Johnny Appleseed of Improvised Music”, inspiring countless others, and widely recognized as an original and virtuosic saxophonist, continually renewing his approach to music. As one reviewer said, he is an “undergrounder by design”, but another reviewer (in the Washington Post) said, “In the rarefied, underground world of experimental free improvisation, saxophonist Jack Wright is king”. Now living in Easton PA, he often plays in medium-sized towns, where he finds audiences responsive to his unconventional playing, as well as large cities, where he is always welcome. www.springgardenmusic.com
