Seven Dials Jazz Club

Wright replied in the affirmative and extended an invitation that any time the club owner and saxophonist wanted to drop by, his name would be on the door as his guest.

Although the club had a reputation for modern players, New Orleans style trumpeter Ken Colyer performed, as Wright widened the musical policy, whilst retaining the improvisational element.

The policy of stretching the boundaries was exemplified by two evenings that featured established post-bop tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins with "free" player Evan Parker.

Massarik continued, "The ice thus broken, he retired to 'sit at the feet of the master' as (Tony) Coe did indeed give a magisterial performance both on tenor sax and clarinet.

"[3] The following year’s Saxophone Festival included Sulzmann, Parker, Peter King, Ray Warleigh, Kathy Stobart (with vibes player Bill Le Sage), Don Weller, Art Themen and the duo of Elton Dean and pianist Keith Tippett.

John Fordham wrote in The Guardian newspaper in June 1984: “There was a time when saxophone players as far apart on the spectrum as Stan Sulzmann and Evan Parker would never be able to appear in the same club let alone share the microphone.

Both events transpired on the first night of the Seven Dials excellent saxophone festival.”[4] Later in the year, Wright took more of a back seat, due to commitments following the changeover of Collets into Ray’s Jazz Shop, and he handed the reins to American drummer Joe Gallivan, although his right-hand man, well-known Soho jazz character, Jackie Docherty, continued to man the door.