Photographer: Alan Berner / The Seattle Times
Rik Wright is an award-winning guitarist known for his genre-bending performances - worldbeat one minute, rock the next, a touch of jam band and back to the core of jazz. He has placed four albums in the Top 10 of both the Roots Music and CMJ radio charts, including a #1 spot on the CMJ Jazz chart.
Wright has been honored with numerous awards including both an Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Award for “Best Alternative Jazz Group”, and as one of Seattle Weekly's "Best of Seattle" jazz performers. He has taken his love and passion for the guitar to just about every corner of the Pacific Northwest, performing at Bumbershoot, Northwest Folklife, Bite of Seattle, and enumerable other community and arts festivals throughout the region.
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“The sweet sound of a walk through life’s landscapes, seascapes and dreamscapes… exquisite displays of precise melody, lush harmony and lockstep rhythm.” - Jazz Times
“Here we have a rare intersection of very accessible and very original jazz. Melodic, a bit funky, often beautiful.” - KFJC 89.7 FM
“Wright can fool you into thinking world one minute, rock the next, a touch of new age and back to the core of jazz… Nicely done.” - Midwest Record Review
“Rik Wright takes classic jazz and heaps on piles of influences from across the musical spectrum, helping to perk up ears of those tired of the same old swing.” - The Oregonian
“If you haven’t checked out his work yet, you have some catch-up ball to play.” - Jazz Now
“Wright’s music is innovative, paving a path of his own making through the jazz kaleidoscope. Eclectic sounding with a flare for the exotic, Fundamental Forces is artistically imaginative and ventures into synthesizing a breed of blues, bebop, and rock that expands the public’s perception of jazz.” - AXS.com
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