Lizz Wright
Idioma disponível: inglêsLizz Wright is a vocalist and composer who synthesizes R&B, jazz, folk, blues, and gospel. She was born in 1980 in the Georgia town of Hahira, and her musical tastes blossomed early on. Her father served as the pianist and musical director at the local church, and he encouraged his daughter to absorb the soulful dispositions of classic hymns. Eventually, blues and jazz were added to Wright's musical plate, and by high school she was earning awards in choir competitions. Wright was coming into her own with a warm, smooth singing voice, so her decision to attend Georgia State in Atlanta to study voice at a professional level wasn't surprising. In 2000, Wright joined the vocal quartet In the Spirit. The group was quickly hailed as the best jazz group in the city, which motivated Wright to hone her craft all the more. Two years later, the Verve label signed her as a solo artist. Her impressive singing style was captured on her 2003 debut, Salt. Dreaming Wide Awake, for which she shifted to Verve Forecast, followed in 2005. After making a guest appearance on the Toots Thielemans album One More for the Road in 2006, Wright released her third album, The Orchard, in 2008. In 2010, she returned with Fellowship, a gospel-heavy set that featured guest performances from kindred spirits Me'Shell Ndegéocello and vocalist Angélique Kidjo. After a move to Concord, she released Freedom & Surrender in 2015. It included versions of Nick Drake's "River Man" and Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Grace, recorded with Joe Henry, arrived two years later with a gentle cover of Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights" among its singles.
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Lizz Wright is a vocalist and composer who synthesizes R&B, jazz, folk, blues, and gospel. She was born in 1980 in the Georgia town of Hahira, and her musical tastes blossomed early on. Her father served as the pianist and musical director at the local church, and he encouraged his daughter to absorb the soulful dispositions of classic hymns. Eventually, blues and jazz were added to Wright's musical plate, and by high school she was earning awards in choir competitions. Wright was coming into her own with a warm, smooth singing voice, so her decision to attend Georgia State in Atlanta to study voice at a professional level wasn't surprising. In 2000, Wright joined the vocal quartet In the Spirit. The group was quickly hailed as the best jazz group in the city, which motivated Wright to hone her craft all the more. Two years later, the Verve label signed her as a solo artist. Her impressive singing style was captured on her 2003 debut, Salt. Dreaming Wide Awake, for which she shifted to Verve Forecast, followed in 2005. After making a guest appearance on the Toots Thielemans album One More for the Road in 2006, Wright released her third album, The Orchard, in 2008. In 2010, she returned with Fellowship, a gospel-heavy set that featured guest performances from kindred spirits Me'Shell Ndegéocello and vocalist Angélique Kidjo. After a move to Concord, she released Freedom & Surrender in 2015. It included versions of Nick Drake's "River Man" and Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Grace, recorded with Joe Henry, arrived two years later with a gentle cover of Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights" among its singles.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Holding Space (Lizz Wright live in Berlin)
Soul - Lançado por Blues & Greens Records em 15/06/2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Grace
Jazz vocal - Lançado por Concord Records em 15/09/2017
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Freedom & Surrender
Jazz vocal - Lançado por Concord Records em 01/01/2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - StereoFolheto disponível -
Dreaming Wide Awake
Jazz - Lançado por Verve Forecast em 01/01/2005
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fellowship
Jazz vocal - Lançado por Verve Forecast em 01/01/2010
Sélection Les InrocksQualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Nearness Of You (Live at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York / October 22, 2016)
Lizz Wright, The Ella 100 All-Star Quartet
Jazz - Lançado por Concord Jazz em 03/04/2020
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Orchard
Pop - Lançado por Verve Forecast em 01/01/2008
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Freedom & Surrender
Jazz - Lançado por Concord Records em 01/01/2015
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo