Jack Wright (b. 1942) is a saxophone extremist, dedicated to free playing since 1979. Described twenty years ago as an “undergrounder by design,” he is a veteran improviser based mainly in Philadelphia. Now at 83 he is still the “Johnny Appleseed of Free Improvisation,” as guitarist Davey Williams called him in the 80s, on the road as much as ever. He’s said to have the widest vocabulary of any saxophonist, including leaping pitches, punchy, precise timing, sharp and intrusive multiphonics, surprising gaps of silence, and obscene animalistic sounds.