Kennesaw State University guitarist teaches the ‘jazz curious’

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Trey Wright is passionate about jazz, so much so that he not only wants to deepen his students’ knowledge of the music but use it to help transform their lives.

That’s a tall order but Wright, principal lecturer of jazz guitar and jazz at Kennesaw State University’s Bailey School of Music, works at it. Outside of the classroom, he gives guitar lessons, publishes articles in jazz magazines, performs solo and with others and writes his own music. He’s now also hosting a monthly series of Journey Through Jazz lectures at the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta.

Until a few special teachers came his way, Wright never imagined that he would make a career of jazz music. A high school teacher introduced him to jazz guitar, b