Benjamin Wright

CTL-E-0533 · Person · 1960–1980

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Benjamin Wright was a member of Pieces of Peace, a Chicago session band that backed Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway and many other artists. Wright had an office at Chess Records and witnessed the label's working pace firsthand.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-001; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Mark Guarino, 'The legacy of Chicago's Bandit Records' (mark-guarino.com)

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