''Dreaming Wide Awake'' is the second album by singer and composer

Lizz Wright Elizabeth LaCharla Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz and gospel singer. Life and career Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director of t ...

, released in 2005 (see

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). It reached number one on the ''

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'' Top Contemporary Jazz chart. The song 'Hit the Ground' featured in an episode of ''

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'', season 3 episode 14 – "Insensitive".

Track listing

A Taste of Honey ''A Taste of Honey'' is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was intended as a novel, but she turned it into a play because she hoped to revitalise British theatre and address social issues that ...

" (

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, Bobby Scott) – 3:51 #"Stop" (

Joe Henry Joseph Lee Henry (born December 2, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He has released 15 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums. Early life H ...

) – 3:32 #"Hit the Ground" (Lizz Wright,

Jesse Harris Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He has worked with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Nikki Yanofsky, and Lizz Wright. Early life and education Harris and his twin sist ...

Toshi Reagon Toshi Reagon (born January 27, 1964) is an American musician of folk, blues, gospel, rock and funk, as well as a composer, curator, and producer. Early life Born January 27, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia, Reagon grew up in Washington, D.C. She wa ...

) – 3:31 #"When I Close My Eyes" ( Marc Anthony Thompson, Dougie Bowne,

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) – 3:16 #"I'm Confessin'" (

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, Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 2:58 #" Old Man" (

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) – 3:40 #"Wake Up, Little Sparrow" (

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) – 3:00 #"Chasing Strange" (Marc Anthony Thompson) – 3:48 #" Get Together" (Chester Powers) – 4:42 #"Trouble" (Lizz Wright, Carlos Henderson) – 5:12 #"Dreaming Wide Awake" (Lizz Wright) – 3:44 #"Without You" (Jesse Harris) – 4:05 ;Bonus track #

"Narrow Daylight" (

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) – 4:04

Personnel

– vocals *Chris Bruce – guitar *

David Piltch David Piltch (born January 29, 1960) is a Canadian bassist and session musician. Biography Piltch grew up in an artistic family. His father Bernie Piltch was a noted studio and stage saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist in Toronto from the ...

– bass *

Earl Harvin Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany. Harvin studied at the University of North Texas College of MusicBill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts ...

– guitar (tracks 1, 9, 11) *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...

– guitar (2, 6, 7, 12, 13) *

Patrick Warren Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series '' ...

– keyboards (4, 8, 11, 12) *Jeff Haynes – percussion (1, 4, 9) *

- backing vocals (3, 9) * Marc Anthony Thompson – harmonica, backing vocals (6) ;Production *

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- producer *Ron Goldstein and Joe Mc Ewen - executive producers *

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– recording and mix engineer (at

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, Shokan, NY, and

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, for mix and additional recordings) *Matthew Cullen - second engineer (at Allaire Studios) *Jason Mott and Kevin Dean - second engineer (at Sunset Sound Factory) *Danny Kopelson - recording engineer (track 1 and additional recordings at

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, NY) *Steve Mazur - second engineer (1) *Chris Allen - assistant engineer (1) *Michael Musmanno - second engineer (additional recordings) *

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- mastering (at

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, NY) *Hollis King - art direction *Rika Ishiki - design *Bill Phelps - photography

References

2005 albums Lizz Wright albums Verve Records albums Albums produced by Craig Street {{2000s-jazz-album-stub