- Lizz Wright
Lizz Wright (born
January 22 ,1980 ) is an Americanjazz singer andcomposer .Wright was born in the small town of
Hahira, Georgia , one of three children and the daughter of a minister. She started singinggospel music and playingpiano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz andblues . She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving theNational Choral Award . She went on toGeorgia State University in Atlanta to study singing. Since then she has studied atThe New School in New York, and inVancouver .Wright joined the Atlanta-based vocal quartet
In the Spirit in 2000, which soon achieved critical acclaim, and in 2002 she signed a recording contact withVerve Records , where her soul-meets-jazz-pop stylings immediately earned favorable comparisons toAnita Baker ,Regina Belle ,Cassandra Wilson andTracy Chapman .
*Her firstalbum , "Salt" was released in the Spring of 2003 (and reached number two on the "Billboard"Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2004), followed by "Dreaming Wide Awake " in June 2005 (which reached number one on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2005 and 2006).On the 8th February 2008 Lizz announced two headlining shows at the London Soho Revue Bar on the 20th & 21st April.
olo Releases
* "Salt" – 2003
* "Dreaming Wide Awake " – 2005
* "The Orchard" –February 5 ,2008 Guest Vocals
*"No One But Myself to Blame" and "Fool's Gold" on "
The Pecan Tree " byJoe Sample (2002)
*"...Till Then" and "Fiddle and the Drum" on "...Till Then " byDanilo Perez (2003)
*"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" on "Closer" byDavid Sanborn " (2005)
*"Come Rain or Come Shine" on "One More For the Road " byToots Thielemans (2006)
*"Freedom" on "Supply and Demand " byAmos Lee (2006) [back vocals]
*"Reaching for the Moon" on "We All Love Ella. Celebrating the First Lady of Song " (2007)
*"Whispering Pines (with Jakob Dylan)" on "Endless Highway - A Tribute to the Band " (2007)
*"Stillness: Winterhouse" on "Persona" byMassimo Biolcati (2008)ources and external links
* [http://www.lizzwright.net/ Lizz Wright's official Web site]
* [http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?aid=4794 Verve Records' pages]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:ob2tk65xrkrh~T1 Lizz Wright] — introduction by MacKenzie Wilson for the All Music Guide
* [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004759/Lizz-Wright.html Lizz Wright Biography]
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