Salt (Lizz Wright album)

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Salt
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Studio album by
Lizz Wright
Released13 May 2003
RecordedAugust & December 2002
StudioRight Track Studios, New York, NY
Genre Jazz, soul
Length50:30
Label Verve
Producer Tommy LiPuma, Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd
Lizz Wright chronology
Salt
(2003)		 Dreaming Wide Awake
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz (favourable) [1]
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Washington Post (favourable) [4]

Salt is the first album by singer and composer Lizz Wright, released in 2003 on Verve Records. [5] The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [6] [7]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" (Chick Corea, Neville Potter) – 5:07
  2. "Salt" (Lizz Wright) – 3:25
  3. "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 5:51
  4. "Soon as I Get Home" (Charlie Smalls) – 4:26
  5. "Walk with Me, Lord" (traditional) – 4:06
  6. "Eternity" (Wright) – 3:35
  7. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:57
  8. "Vocalise/End of the Line" (Sergey Rachmaninoff/Cynthia Medley, John Edmonson) – 4:33
  9. "Fire" (Wright) – 4:15
  10. "Blue Rose" (Kenny Banks, Wright) – 4:06
  11. "Lead the Way" (Brian Blade) – 4:23
  12. "Silence" (Wright) – 2:42

Personnel

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Production

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References

  1. ↑ Fortuna, Michael (25 June 2003). "Lizz Wright: Salt". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
  2. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Lizz Wright: Salt". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  3. ↑ Murph, John (June 2003). "Lizz Wright: Salt". Vibe . Vol. 11, no. 6. p. 156 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Joyce, Mike. "LIZZ WRIGHT "Salt" V ..." Washington Post .
  5. ↑ Palca, Joe (22 June 2003). "Lizz Wright Debuts With 'Salt'". npr.org. NPR.
  6. ↑ "Lizz Wright: Salt (Top Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Lizz Wright: Salt (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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