⬇️ MARVA WRIGHT ⬇️
DISCOGRAPHY 1991-2013 (11CD)
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Wright's first public singing efforts
were heard in church, with her mother the late Mattie Gilbert, a piano
player and gospel singer as her accompanist.
Top honors in a school-sponsored singing competition followed. Mahalia Jackson, the esteemed gospel singer, was an early friend of the family.
Wright did not turn professional until 1987, when she was almost forty years old. Even then, she only began singing as a way to support her family with a second job.
DISCOGRAPHY 1991-2013 (11CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Top honors in a school-sponsored singing competition followed. Mahalia Jackson, the esteemed gospel singer, was an early friend of the family.
Wright did not turn professional until 1987, when she was almost forty years old. Even then, she only began singing as a way to support her family with a second job.
Early in 1989 during a live set at Tipitina's in New Orleans, Wright made
her first recording, Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean.
She made her debut on national television in 1991, when her hometown was
the setting for a special that revolved around the Super Bowl where she
met CBS news anchorman Ed Bradley, in which at that time he thought she
only sang Gospel, it wasn't until the same year that he rediscovered her
at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and from that day on had
been introducing her every year.
Heartbreakin' Woman, Wright's first full-length release, appeared later
that year. Wright's 1993 album Born With The Blues was originally released
in France, then three years later the major-label imprint Virgin picked it
up for the rest of the world.
Her 2007 effort, After The Levees Broke, addressed the devastation of
Hurricane Katrina - which destroyed her house and all her belongings - by
repurposing songs like Willie Nelson's "Crazy," Sam Cooke's "A Change Is
Gonna Come," and Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is.".
In August 2008, she performed with the Louisiana Wetlands All Stars at
both the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado as well as the
Republican National Convention in Minnesota.
Marva is well known all over Europe where she had many of fans and
frequent visits overseas, doing festivals in places like France, Italy,
Germany, Australia to name a few.
She also sang backup for such artists as Allen Toussaint, Glen Campbell,
and Joe Cocker, and the long list of others Wright performed with includes
Cyril Neville, Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby McFerrin, Aaron Neville, Fats
Domino, Lou Rawls, and Marcia Ball.
In May and June 2009, Wright suffered a pair of strokes from which she
never fully recovered, and on March 23, 2010, she died a few days after
her 62nd birthday at her eldest daughter's home in New Orleans.