Trey Wright
Artist-in-Residence in Jazz Guitar
Trey Wright joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University in 2005. Mr. Wright is cofounder of the Athens/Atlanta based jazz band Squat, a four-time winner of the Best Jazz Award at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards, and featured artists at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Twilight Athens Jazz Festival, and Harvest Midtown. Squat has performed with Medeski, Martin, and Wood; the B-52’s; Maceo Parker; Maynard Ferguson; the Squirrel Nut Zippers; the Derek Trucks Band; the Sting Cheese Incident; Sector 9; and the Charlie Hunter Trio. Along with managing Squat and producing five independent CD releases, Mr. Wright plays guitar and piano with the group touring throughout the southeast.
Mr. Wright has also performed with upright and electric bassist John Patitucci, Jimmy Haslip, Grammy winning saxophonist Joe Lovano, Tim Armacost, Tim Hagens and Mel Bay Records artist Corey Christiansen. With the Steve Dancz Quartet and the University of Georgia Jazz Band, Mr. Wright has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz A Vienne, and the World Sacred Music Festival in Bangalore, India. As a solo guitarist and with his trio, Mr. Wright has been a featured performer at the Athens Music and Arts Festival, the Lake Oconee Jazz Festival, and the Atlanta Jazz Festival.