Lizz Wright
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Lizz Wright, born Elizabeth LaCharla Wright on January 22, 1980, is an American jazz and gospel singer who grew up in the small town of Hahira, northwest of Valdosta, Georgia. The daughter of a minister and the musical director of their church, she started singing gospel and playing piano in church as a child, later developing an interest in jazz and blues. Her debut album Salt (2003) reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2004, and her follow-up Dreaming Wide Awake (2005) hit No. 1 on the same chart in 2005 and 2006.
Background
Wright attended Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Georgia, where she sang in choral groups and received the National Choral Award. She studied singing at Georgia State University in Atlanta, then continued her studies at The New School in New York and in Vancouver, BC. In 2000, she joined the Atlanta-based vocal quartet In the Spirit, and by 2002 she had signed a recording contract with Verve Records. Her musical compositions and vocal style have drawn comparisons to Norah Jones.
Her first album, Salt, was released in spring 2003. Her second release, Dreaming Wide Awake (June 2005), blended jazz, pop, and folk music and became No. 1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2005 and 2006. In 2008, she released The Orchard to positive reviews, followed by Fellowship in 2010, which mostly consists of gospel standards. Wright is married to arts administrator Monica Haslip.
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