Happy Birthday, Lizz Wright! Lizz Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz/R&B singer and composer. Wright was born in the small town of Hahira in the US state of Georgia; one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director of their Church. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award. She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing. Since then she has studied at The New School in New York, and in Vancouver. She currently resides outside Hendersonville, North Carolina. Wright joined the Atlanta-based vocal quartet In the Spirit in 2000, which soon achieved critical acclaim, and in 2002 she signed a recording contract with Verve Records, where her musical compositions and vocal style led her to be compared to that of Norah Jones. Her first album, Salt, was released in the spring of 2003 and reached number two on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2004. Her next release was not a follow-up of her debut, but this record maintained the jazz and pop blend, while incorporating folk music to her musical blend. Dreaming Wide Awake was released in June 2005 and reached number one on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2005 and 2006. In 2008, Wright released The Orchard to positive reviews. She released her fourth album in 2010. Most songs on Fellowship are gospel standards. Solo releases 2003: Salt 2005: Dreaming Wide Awake 2008: The Orchard 2010: Fellowship 2014: TBA Guest vocal contributions No One but Myself to Blame and Fools Gold on The Pecan Tree by Joe Sample (2002) ...Till Then and Fiddle and the Drum on ...Till Then by Danilo Perez (2003) Dont Let Me Be Lonely Tonight on Closer by David Sanborn (2005) Come Rain or Come Shine on One More for the Road by Toots Thielemans (2006) Freedom (backing vocals) on Supply and Demand by Amos Lee (2006) Reaching for the Moon with violinist Regina Carter 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 by Massimo Biolcati (2008) A Change Is Gonna Come on Nordstroms The Royal Blues: Celebrating the Queens of Blues and Jazz (2009) Nobodys Fault but Mine on Pour une âme souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone by Meshell Ndegeocello (2012) wikipedia.thetimetube/?q=Lizz+Wright&lang=en
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