SQUAT GUITARIST RELEASES FIRST SOLO ALBUM!
Trey Wright, guitarist for the Athens/Atlanta based jazz band Squat and jazz
studies instructor at the Atlanta Institute of Music, Kennesaw State University,
LaGrange College, and the University of Georgia, will be releasing his first solo
CD, Where I’m Calling From in mid-February 2006. The Athens CD release
show is scheduled for Friday, February 17 at Flicker Theatre. The Trey
Wright Trio will perform at 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the show are $7. On
Saturday, February 18 Trey will perform a CD release show at the 5 Spot in
Atlanta. Trey will perform a solo set at 9 p.m. followed by a trio set at 10 p.m.
The 5 Spot show is free and the new CD will be available at both shows for $10.
Recorded July 6-10, 2005 at Trey’s home studio in Decatur, GA Where I’m
Calling From includes 2 solo guitar pieces along with performances by the
Trey Wright Trio featuring drummer Marlon Patton (Heavy Mojo, Gunnison,
Grogus) and upright bassist Scott Smith (faculty member of LaGrange College
and GSU). Other guests on the CD include tenor saxophonist and Blue Canoe
recording artist E.J. Hughes, alto saxophonist Mace Hibbard (faculty member of
GSU), trombonist Kevin Hyde (Grogus, Gunnison, performances with
Widespread Panic and the Derek Trucks Band), and Squat bassist Carl
Lindberg on Djembe. The CD was mixed by Randy Hoexter and mastered by
Alex Lowe at Red Tuxedo Studios.
Along with a cover of Nick Drake’s “River Man”, the CD features 10 original
compositions inspired by and composed during trips to Eugene and Portland
Oregon in the summer of 2003 and winter of 2005. Many of the compositions
have become staples at the Trio’s monthly performances at the 5 Spot in Little
5 Points in Atlanta. Musically, the CD combines elements of traditional jazz
with more contemporary influences including Radiohead and Nick Drake. In
the style of other jazz trio based CDs by Jim Hall and Brad Mehldau, Where I’m
Calling From combines classical and modern aesthetics into a new refreshing
sound. Several of the songs feature little or no improvisation. According to
Trey, “I wanted to record a CD of my own material to showcase the songs I had
written in Oregon. The instrumentation and arrangement is unique in each
song and not every song needed solos – I wanted the emphasis to be on the
compositions themselves”.
