Lizz Wright
Music lives in that place where anything can be picked up. It can become a different statement in someone else's hands than in my hands. The fact that it can be passed from hand to hand is something beautiful, almost spiritual. It means different things in different places, and I approached this record as if there is no history. I was just a voice, and I loved it.
Lizz Wright
With her latest album, Dreaming Wide Awake, Lizz has simultaneously delivered a record with no history and yet one that embraces the history of jazz, gospel, rhythm- and-blues and the singer-songwriter tradition. It is a record where Lizz Wright's voice and vision seamlessly marry songs once performed by Neil Young, Fats Waller, The Beatles, Madonna and Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass to self-penned originals and her collaborations with some of today's most gifted songwriters to create one of the most strikingly original albums of the year.
For the new album, Lizz chose to work with Craig Street, a producer famous for his work with a broad palette of singers (Cassandra Wilson, k.d. lang, Me'Shell NdegéOcello) to shape an incredibly personal album that Lizz feels best reflects who she is right now: When I first met Craig, he asked me what I liked to listen to and I said I really like stuff like Jeff Buckley, Damien Rice and Sarah McLachlan. I love songs that create moments. At the same time I had this dilemma where I've been trained to sing gospel, choral music and a little bit of opera and was very used to being technical. But I wanted to make the move away from those styles.
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November 27, 2013
Lizz Wright And Savion Glover Light Up Ellington At Christmas
March 31, 2010
An Evening with Lizz Wright Thursday, April 8 at Boston's Wilbur Theatre
March 08, 2010
Jazz at the Wilbur Presents: An Evening with Lizz Wright
February 25, 2010
The Town Hall Presents Lizz Wright & Richard Bona Friday, April 9th at...
September 25, 2009
Philadelphia Jazz at the Kimmel Center in October: Lizz Wright and...
June 12, 2009
Sing the Truth: Nina Simone Remembered: Barbican Concert Featuring...
June 21, 2008
Lizz Wright and Raul Midon Double Billed at JVC
February 26, 2008
Official Music Video for "My Heart" from Lizz Wright's New Album, the...
February 23, 2008
Bringing It All Back Home | Lizz Wright | News
January 07, 2008
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Lizz Wright Concerts
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Jan21Thu |
Live Stream Lizz WrightAlys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts CenterBirmingham, AL |
Apr18Sun |
Lizz WrightWalt Disney Concert HallLos Angeles, CA |
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