Jazz fusion style drummer, keyboardist… In early ‘70s he was briefly a member of the avant-garde group OHO, then the jazz/funk Both Worlds before going on to an illustrious career performing with artists such as Sun Ra, Ronnie Laws, Cissy Houston, Brecker Brothers, John Scofield, etc.
Larry’s 1978 LP “Solar Visions” featured Bright on drums, with Tony Parris (bass), Marc Cohen (keyboards), Jimmy Wilson (trumpet), Paul Soroka (lyricon), and Gary Grainger (bass).
During the late ‘70s Bright performed at the Orient Express on Reisterstown Road, Tijuana Jail in Towson, and with his band at the 1st Annual Baltimore Jazz Festival at Towson State in June 1979.
His 1987 LP “New Dimensions” featured Bright on keyboards and drums, with Wilson (trumpet), John Grant (guitar), Tony Bunn (bass), Mark Easley (bass), and Ivan Smart (trumpet).
Larry’s album “Spur of the Moment” featured studio work by Louie Oxley (keyboards), Carl Filipiak (guitar), Alex North and Ivan Smart (trumpets), Kyle Hollingsworth (bass synth), and bass guitarists Kenny Wright, Jim Charlsen, Kevin Walker.
“Double Standards” featured Larry on drums, and studio work by Frank Gambale (guitar), Haakon Graf (keyboards), and Gary Grainger (bass), with special appearances on individual tracks by M+M’s (bass), Ivan Smart (trumpet), rap duo True Born (Osei Moreland & Robert Hamilton), Lurenda Featherstone (vocals), Daisey Sharrod (vocals), and vocal group T.R.A.C.K. (Troy Wise, Randy Walters, Anton Lomax, Cherrie Wise, and Kirk Wise).
Bright’s career later took him to Las Vegas.
Album releases by Larry Bright include:
1978(LP) Crosswind 301 Solar Visions
1987(LP) New Dimensions 903 New Dimensions
1992(CD) LB1 Spur of The Moment
1994(CD) Clean Music CM8 Double Standards
