At 12 years old, Bernard Wright impressed jazz fusion drummer Lenny White with his musical prowess. Even then, Wright had an unparalleled ear for funk and jazz,
“We lived in New York some, lived down here some,” he said. At the time of the mid 2000s interview, he’d been living in Dallas for 16 years.
They ended up becoming friends, and Campbell and Wright jammed several times with him over the years, even spending a few months on the road. Campbell says he learned more from those few months than he did studying music at the university. Campbell pointed out that Wright was a big part of the R&B and jazz scene locally and mentored many musicians in bands such as The Funky Knuckles and Snarky Puppy.
Wright also had a hand in molding Dallas pianist and singer Caleb Sean McCampbell’s overall musicianship. When word of Wright’s death spread on social media, McCampbell was one of many musicians who shared a tribute to Wright on social media:
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