Lawrence University Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend Presents Lizz Wright at Lawrence Memorial Chapel

Since the release of her 2003 debut album “Salt,” Lizz Wright has received nonstop critical acclaim. With vocal roots planted in her hometown Georgia church, Wright turned to jazz in the late 1990s. “Salt” — jazz standards and new material spanning gospel, soul and blues styles —reached no. 2 on Billboard’s Top Contemporary Jazz chart. Three follow-up disks, “Dreaming Wide Awake,” “The Orchard” and “Fellowship,” established Wright as an eloquent songwriter with impressive interpretive skills. Wright's latest project, “GRACE,” released in September, reveals the web of deep running roots of story and song that bind together the vastly diverse traditions that are the soul of the American South...

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Since the release of her 2003 debut album “Salt,” Lizz Wright has received nonstop critical acclaim. With vocal roots planted in her hometown Georgia church, Wright turned to jazz in the late 1990s. “Salt” — jazz standards and new material spanning gospel, soul and blues styles —reached no. 2 on Billboard’s Top Contemporary Jazz chart. Three follow-up disks, “Dreaming Wide Awake,” “The Orchard” and “Fellowship,” established Wright as an eloquent songwriter with impressive interpretive skills. Wright's latest project, “GRACE,” released in September, reveals the web of deep running roots of story and song that bind together the vastly diverse traditions that are the soul of the American South. Wright summons her Southern heritage and the spirit of the earth to usher us into a nurturing space that pulses and hums with the unspoken suggestion that grace is a cornerstone of our original state of being. The album is a stark reflection of Wright's sense of place and belonging that's deeply woven into the cultural fabric of America.

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