James Quenton Wright

James Quentin "Big Jim" Wright (March 19, 1966 – September 29, 2018) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, film score and record producer. A member of the vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness, Wright became a frequent collaborator of production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and an in-house producer for their company, Flyte Tyme Productions, in the 1990s.

Biography Wright was born in Rockford, Illinois. The son of Jenniel Wright and Alan Jackson, he lived most of his life in Rockford, also living in Roscoe as well as Rancho Cucamonga, California, and Atlanta, Georgia. In 2006, he won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song for co-writing Adams' song "Be Blessed" from her album Day by Day (2006). He was cremated at Carl E. Ponds Funeral Home. His family had a private visitation for him at Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church on October 12, 2018. They hosted a public memorial service for him on the next day at Coronado Theater followed by his urn interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Discography

Singles "Til I Found You" (Jam & Lewis & Sounds of Blackness featuring Ann Nesby, Big Jim Wright & Lauren Evans) (2019)

Selected credits Title Artist(s) Originating album Year Notes "Free" Mýa Fear of Flying 2000 Co-producer "How Do I Say" Usher 8701 2003 Co-producer "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Aretha Franklin So Damn Happy 2003 Producer "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Mary J. Blige Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004 Co-producer "Secuction" Usher Confessions 2004 Writer, Co-producer "That's What It's Made For" Usher Confessions 2004 Writer, Co-producer "Alwaysness" Yolanda Adams Day by Day 2006 Writer, producer "Be Blessed" Yolanda Adams Day by Day 2006 Writer, producer "Lift Him Up" Yolanda Adams Day by Day 2006 Writer, producer "Can't Get Enough" Mary J. Blige The Breakthrough 2006 Co-producer "Circles" Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi 2006 Co-Writer, Co-producer "Fly Like a Bird" Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi 2006 Co-Writer, Co-producer "I Wish You Knew" Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi 2006 Co-Writer, Co-producer "What's Not Being Said" Heather Headley In My Mind 2006 Writer, Co-producer "Home" Carl Thomas So Much Better 2007 Writer, Co-producer "Angel" Chaka Khan Funk This 2007 Writer, producer "Back in the Day" Chaka Khan Funk This 2007 Writer, producer "Hail to the Wrong" Chaka Khan Funk This 2007 Writer, producer "Ladies' Man" Chaka Khan Funk This 2007 Producer "One for All Time" Chaka Khan Funk This 2007 Writer, producer "All Hearts Aren't Shaped the Same" Deborah Cox The Promise 2008 Writer, producer "All Over Me" Deborah Cox The Promise 2008 Writer, producer "Beautiful U R" Deborah Cox The Promise 2008 Writer, producer "Did You Ever Love Me" Deborah Cox The Promise 2008 Writer, producer "Down 4 U" Deborah Cox The Promise 2008 Writer, producer "Love Is Not Made in Words" Deborah Cox The Promise 2008 Writer, producer "The Point of It All" Anthony Hamilton The Point of It All 2008 Writer, Co-producer "Betcha Gon' Know" Mariah Carey Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 2009Co-Writer, Co-producer "Higher Than This" Ledisi Turn Me Loose 2009 Writer, Co-producer "My Love" Johnny Gill Still Winning 2011 Producer "All I Want for Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!)" Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey Under the Mistletoe 2011 Co-Producer "America the Beautiful" Mariah Carey Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse 2014 Co-Producer "Camouflage" Mariah Carey Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse 2014Co-Writer, producer "Cry" Mariah Carey Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse 2014Co-Writer, Co-producer "It's a Wrap" Mariah Carey Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse 2014 Co-Producer