Vocalist Lizz Wright delivers jazz that harks back to such luminaries as Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln on her debut Verve release, Salt. Still in her early twenties, Wright has a warm, dusky voice reminiscent of Cassandra Wilson and similarly to Wilson seems interested in tackling an eclectic mix of jazz standards, raditional folk, and R&B. Early on, a folky afterglow-Latin version of "Afro Blue" takes center stage followed by the gorgeous "Soon as I Get Home," which betters the version from The Wiz. Wright fairs equally well as a songwriter with about half the album filled with her soaring, bluesy allads. There is a melancholy yet positive '70s vibe that eminates from songs like "Fire," which resonates lyrically as well as melodically much like the personal/sociopolitical writing of another of Wright's obvious inspirations, Terry Callier. Perhaps a little too low-key to register very high on the pop radio scale, but invested with enough sanguine emotionality and chops to make Salt easily recommended to fans of the /p>
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I personally love her music but I have to tell you that I work for her label. . . don't let my day gig spoil this tho. I'm not going to write any more praise only that I truly reccomend her from a fan perspective.
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Since my brother is appreciating my newly found brevity (not gonna last too long there August... get out your reading glasses), here's some mild morning funk for the Friday... *+Lizz Wright+* - what a voice...h1. Morning Glory*_Gotta love her first name ;)_*
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I personally love her music but I have to tell you that I work for her label. . . don't let my day gig spoil this tho. I'm not going to write any more praise only that I truly reccomend her from a fan perspective.
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Lizz Wright - Salt (2003)Salt is a genre-bending album that brings back reminders of classic R&B albums like Roberta Flack’s First Take or Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions. Wright, like Cassandra Wilson, doesn’t draw a line between black popular music genres, and she isn’t afraid of pop material. Another thing she has in common with Wilson is that she writes some of her own material, and that
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly |
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| 2 Salt |
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| 3 Afro Blue |
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| 4 Soon as I Get Home |
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| 5 Walk With Me, Lord |
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| 6 Eternity |
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| 7 Goodbye |
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| 8 Vocalise/End of the Line |
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| 9 Fire |
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| 10 Blue Rose |
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| 11 Lead the Way |
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| 12 Silence |
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