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me," Wright said. "She has never forgotten that."
"I think the musicians respect me because the know I am a musician too and really know what I like."
If jazz is Wright's passion, his voice is his pride and joy.
WRIGHT'S VOCAL ABILITIES was recognized in 1956 by one of the most highly regarded musical organizations in the world when he won an audition with the Metropolitan Opera.
Had he known more operatic roles, Wright said, the New York-based company would have hired him immediately. He was assured that he had worked with the met of the Met if he mastered more material.
The then 25-year-old Wright returned to the University of Washington to study more opera and the work as the director of KAIS.
Now, 22 years later, Wright is still at the University and KANU. His interest and involvement in jazz has grown and he has never been alone in his work. But he did because he "not so involved in his work here."
As Wright's interest and fame in the field of ice沙雪绑, so did his record collection. His
collection now numbers more than 12,000 and is the largest of its kind the world.
"I didn't realize how much I loved jazz music. Before I knew it, my basement was filled with thousands of records," he said. "When I first started collecting, records were much less expensive than they are now. But I have a lot of friends in the music and recording business who send me the new releases so I can keep my collection up to date.
"Some of the records I have are worth more than $800; some of them are worth $1.98. The greatest value of the collection is that it is a work of material together is what makes it so unique."
WRIGHTS COLLECTION also includes
several one-of-a-kind films and
one-of-a-kind performances.
There are only two other jazz collections in world that are comparable to Wright's. They are housed in jazz libraries at Rutger's University in Jersey City and Tulane University in New Orleans.
Wright shares his collection with his listeners every week during his radio show. Framed by the soundproof glass of the station's control room, he describes how cunning up the next jazz cut. He said he hoped to be
able to share the entire collection with jazz students someday.
"My greatest dream," Wright said, "is to set up a research center so that people from all over the world could come here and study jazz and its history. "I can't think of a better place for it than the University since we are so close to Kansas City and that was the foremost center for jazz in the 1930s. Jazz grew up in this part of the country."
Briefing his listeners on a record about to be played, it seems Wright personally knows each of the artists. Chances are, he does know them. He also has an interest interesting tighter about the performer to offer.
HIS KNOWLEDGE of the field gives his radio show a personal touch. Rather than reading the prepared notes from the record jacket, he has taken the notes from his lazy notes and interviews with visiting artists.
Much of Wright's knowledge comes from first-hand experiences with jazz and musicians. When he first came to the University in 1951, he and other music students enjoyed playing jazz, but the music department faculty did not enjoy hearing it.
"Jazz was just not considered to be a lign art form," Wright explained. "The dean of the School of Fine Arts had no tolerance for jazz.
Ignoring the grumblings of their professors, Wright and several of his friends organized a group and played in topape and Kansas City. Even though he was able to participate in jazz outside of school, the negative connotations were still present, he said.
"At times I thought it was just KU," Wright said, "but later I learned from other musicians that I really liked it."
WRIGHT SAID that as new people moved into the department jazz became more accepted. He has been part of the jazz faculty for seven years and is a founding member with both music and non-music students, he said.
In addition to teaching jazz history and doing the weekly "Jazz Scene," Wright is still an active musician. He is a member of the nine-voice music group that regularly performs the area.
"I can't let go of my music, it's just too big a part of me," he said. "That's what I was trained to do for so long that I have to keep it up. I guess my motto is 'have voice, will travel.' Wright said that he was sometimes bothered by the "what if" questions.
"What if I had gone back to the Met? What if I hadn't stayed at the University?" Wright said he asked himself. "I then realize that I am very happy doing what I'm doing. KU has fulfilled my
needs and wants. I know now that I wasn’t cut out for the dog-eat-dog lifestyle of the music era.
"I just don't have the temperament required. It's a very competitive business. Sometimes you have to practically step on your own mother to compete; that's just not my style."
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Conard said the Regents now had to hope the Legislature would not only approve the increase, but appropriate the funds generated by the increase back to the campuses.
"There's no way that a few legislators can make guarantees for 165," said "But at the time we were considering the increase, they were all receptive to the idea of reserving the income from the increase for OOE and student wage programs."
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