Dodgion, Jerry Dodgion, Lee Shaw, and Dorothy Donegan. In his later life, Wright headed the jazz department at the University of Cincinnati and the International Society of Bassists. He was the last surviving member of the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet line-up. He died at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles on December 30, 2020, at the age of 97. Discography As leader The Wright Groove (Phillips, 1962) As sideman With Monty Alexander Here Comes the Sun (MPS/BASF, 1972) We've Only Just Begun (BASF 1972) Perception! (MPS/BASF, 1974) With Gene Ammons All Star Sessions (Prestige, 1956) Soulful Saxophone (Chess, 1959) Jug and Sonny (Chess, 1960) With Dave Brubeck The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (Columbia, 1958) Gone with the Wind (Columbia, 1959) Time Out (Columbia, 1959) The Riddle (Columbia, 1960) Brubeck and Rushing (Columbia, 1960) Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (Columbia, 1960) Southern Scene (Columbia, 1960) Brubeck à la mode (Fantasy, 1960) Tonight Only! (Columbia, 1960) Near-Myth (Fantasy, 1961) Take Five Live (Columbia, 1962) Time Further Out (Columbia, 1961) The Real Ambassadors (Columbia, 1962) Countdown—Time in Outer Space (Columbia, 1962) Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (Columbia, 1963) Bossa Nova U.S.A. (Columbia, 1962) At Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1963) Time Changes (Columbia, 1964) Jazz Impressions of Japan (Columbia, 1964) Dave Brubeck in Berlin (CBS, 1964) Jazz Impressions of New York (Columbia, 1965) Angel Eyes (Columbia, 1965) Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter (Columbia, 1965) My Favorite Things (Columbia, 1966) Time In (Columbia, 1966) Jackpot! (Columbia, 1966) Bravo! Brubeck! (Columbia, 1967) Buried Treasures (Columbia, 1968) The Last Time We Saw Paris (Columbia, 1968) Brubeck in Amsterdam (Columbia, 1969) Summit Sessions (Columbia, 1971) 25th Anniversary Reunion (Horizon, 1977) With Buddy Collette Man of Many Parts (Contemporary, 1956) Everybody's Buddy (Challenge, 1958) With Buddy DeFranco The Artistry of Buddy DeFranco (Norgran, 1954) Pretty Moods (Norgran, 1954) Takes You to the Stars (GNP, 1954) In a Mellow Mood (Norgran, 1956) Jazz Tones (Norgran, 1956) Sweet and Lovely (Verve, 1956) Cooking the Blues (Verve, 1958) With Paul Desmond Take Ten (RCA Victor, 1963) Bossa Antigua (RCA Victor, 1965) Glad To Be Unhappy (RCA Victor, 1965) Easy Living (RCA Victor, 1966) With Kenny Drew The Modernity of Kenny Drew (Norgran, 1954) The Ideation of Kenny Drew (Norgran, 1954) Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano (Norgran, 1956) With Sonny Stitt Genesis (Prestige, 1975) Kaleidoscope (Prestige, 1957) Stitt's Bits (Prestige, 1958) With Cal Tjader Tjader Plays Tjazz (Fantasy, 1956)