Jazz Talk with Trey Wright: A Journey Through Jazz History Part One

Join us for our first interactive Jazz Talk with KSU Professor Trey Wright presented in partnership with the Jazz At The Strand series. The event will take place in The Strand's Lumiere Lounge on the Mezzanine Level.

Here are the first four scheduled presentations to come:

Feb. 20, 2025: “A Journey Through Jazz History Part One”.
March 20, 2025: “How To Listen To Jazz”
April 17, 2025: “Brazilian Flavor: Bossa Nova and The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim”
May 15, 2025: “Beyond Category: The Music of Duke Ellington”

Event Details:

One drink ticket will be included with admission.  Doors Open at 7 p.m. with the presentation at 7:30 p.m.

Seating is limited to 30 guests. All guests must be 21 and older to attend this event.

About Trey Wright:

Trey Wright is a jazz guitarist, composer, and recording artist based in Roswell, Ga. Trey spent his formative years as a musician in Athens performing with the jazz quartet Squat; a six-time winner of Best Jazz Band at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards and a featured artist at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, Bel Chere, the Twilight Athens Jazz Festival, the Cherry Blossom Festival, Harvest Midtown and Athfest. 

Several of Trey’s compositions with the group have received international airplay and have been featured on Sirius radio and NPR’s All Things Considered.

In December of 2002, Trey completed a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies at Georgia State University and he currently teaches Applied Jazz Guitar, Jazz Theory and Composition, Jazz Guitar Ensemble, Jazz History, Jazz Improvisation and The History of Rock at Kennesaw State University.

In 2006, Trey released his first CD "Where I’m Calling From," receiving rave reviews and airplay throughout the United States, New Zealand, England, Australia, Germany, Italy, Canada, Luxembourg, Scotland, and the Netherlands. The Trey Wright Trio released "Thinking Out Loud" in summer 2009 on Blue Canoe Records. In 2010.

Trey’s most recent release Songs From Oak Avenue was released on Blue Canoe Records in Spring 2015.