Producer, Songwriter, Music Supervisor – “Fly Like A Bird” Film: Fighting Temptation TV: The Mo’nique Show, Let's Stay Together, Sunday Best

Record Producer/songwriter/keyboardist/vocalist Big Jim Wright of the famed Flyte Tyme Productions (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) came to prominence in the early 90s writing and producing a string of hits with the music production house dynasty. Big Jim (or Jimmy) is often referred to as Flyte Tyme’s secret weapon. Jim has also been heavily involved in various Film & TV productions. Big Jim’s recent television work was bandleader for BET’s The Mo’nique Show, music supervisor/composer for BET’s Let's Stay Together on BET, and music director/show producer for BET's Sunday Best (Reality Show). Among his undertakings: a creative collaboration with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in executive producing, writing, and scoring the Beyoncé Knowles and Cuba Gooding Jr. feature film, Fighting Temptation, the end title song “Definition of Love” performed by Deborah Cox from the film Akeelah and the Bee, “Ne Me Laisse Pas Seule Ici” and “Nobody Cares” for the soundtrack from the biographical and historical drama film Hotel Rwanda and the BET made for TV movie Let The Church Say Amen set to premiere spring of 2013. He has won several other awards throughout his career including: Grammy, ASCAP, NAACP, and DOVE awards. In 2006 Big Jim won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song for Yolanda Adams’ “Be Blessed,” and was nominated for Album Of The Year for his work on Mariah Carey’s 6x platinum album The Emancipation of Mimi. Carey’s top selling album of 2005 contains 3 tracks produced by Wright including the inspirational hit “Fly Like A Bird,” which he co-wrote. At the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony Big Jim accompanied Ricky Minor of The Tonight Show on the Hammond B3 organ during the explosive Gospel segment featuring The Queen of soul Aretha Franklin, The Clark Sisters, Israel & New Breed, BeBe Winans paying tribute. That same night picked up the Grammy for Best R&B Album with Chaka Khan’s come back album Funk This after a 15 year hiatus which contains the introspective single “ Angel’ written by Chaka & Big Jim.