A native of East Lansing, Michigan, Andrea Wright grew up listening her parents’ extensive LP collection including Detroit’s greatest jazz, blues and soul artists. 

Andrea attended Interlochen Arts Academy for classical piano and went on to Oberlin College. She studied math a University of Chicago before migrating to New York City to pursue a performance career. Her artistry flourished when she met jazz / bebop vocalist Marion Cowings. In his New York Smalls Jazz Vocal Workshop focusing on jazz standards, she found her own identity through improvisation and began writing her own songs.

In 2009 she released her first studio jazz album September in the Rain.  Andrea has performed at many New York City Jazz spots such as Birdland, Carlyle Hotel’s Bemelman’s Bar, Fat Cat, Friar’s Club, Smalls Jazz Club, and Symphony Space. She has toured internationally in Japan, Cyprus and Canada. In addition to a US State Department tour, Andrea continues to work closely with Mercedes Ellington and The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts to promote American jazz education and history.

As a singer/songwriter she debuted an EP entitled Riverside (2014) and went on to released Buoy Lights (2015) which is a live studio album including new tracks and a few from her previous record. Bruno (2021) is Andrea’s latest. It is a self-produced solo album written about a 5 year period in her life. All lyrics, melodies, vocals and instruments were written, played and recorded by her. The album is an intimate reflection of loss, pregnancy, partnership and morality.

Andrea possesses a versatile voice with soothing but energetic vocals and is one of New York City's artists to follow.