''Salt'' is the first 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 2003 on

Verve Records Verve Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simon ...

. The album reached No. 2 on the '' Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz chart and No. 4 on the Billboard

Top Jazz Albums The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, pr ...

chart.

Track listing

#" Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" ( Chick Corea, Neville Potter) – 5:07 #"Salt" (Lizz Wright) – 3:25 #"

Afro Blue "Afro Blue" is a jazz standard composed by Mongo Santamaría. Santamaria version Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition "Afro Blue" in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet. The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1959, at th ...

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Mongo Santamaria Mongo may refer to: Geography Africa * Mongo, Chad, a Sahel city * Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction) * Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom * Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributa ...

, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 5:51 #"Soon as I Get Home" (

Charlie Smalls Charlie Smalls (October 25, 1943 – August 27, 1987) was an American composer and songwriter, best known for writing the music and lyrics for playwright William F. Brown's 1975 Broadway musical ''The Wiz'' and the 1978 film version of the same ...

) – 4:26 #"Walk with Me, Lord" (traditional) – 4:06 #"Eternity" (Wright) – 3:35 #"

Goodbye Goodbye, Good bye, or Good-bye is a parting phrase and may refer to: Film * ''Goodbye'' (1918 film), a British drama directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Goodbye'' (1995 film) (''Tot Ziens!''), a Dutch film directed by Heddy Honigmann * ''Goodbye'' ...

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Gordon Jenkins Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Lo ...

) – 3:57 #"

Vocalise A vocal warm-up is a series of exercises meant to prepare the voice for singing, acting, or other use. There is very little scientific data about the benefits of vocal warm-ups. Relatively few studies have researched the effects of thesexercis ...

/End of the Line" ( Sergey Rachmaninoff/Cynthia Medley, John Edmonson) – 4:33 #"Fire" (Wright) – 4:15 #"Blue Rose" (Kenny Banks, Wright) – 4:06 #"Lead the Way" ( Brian Blade) – 4:23 #"Silence" (Wright) – 2:42

Personnel

– vocals * Jon Cowherd – piano (tracks 4, 6, 8, 9, 11), Fender Rhodes (4, 7, 10, 11), arrangement (1, 6–10), horn arrangement (2) *Kenneth Banks – Fender Rhodes (1, 3), Hammond organ (2, 5, 9), piano (2, 10), arrangement (5, 10) *John Hart - guitar (1–7, 9, 11), acoustic guitar (8, 10), arrangement (9) * Doug Weiss – bass (exc. 12), arrangement (9) * Brian Blade – drums (1, 4–11), acoustic guitar (12), arrangement (3, 7, 9, 12) * Jeff Haynes – percussion (1, 3–9, 11) ;plus *

Sam Yahel Sam Yahel (born 1971) is a jazz pianist and Hammond organist. In 1990 he moved to New York City and worked with Bill Frisell, Wycliffe Gordon, Ryan Kisor, Maceo Parker, Madeleine Peyroux, and Joshua Redman. Discography As leader/co-leader * ...

– Hammond organ (1) *

Danilo Pérez Danilo Pérez (born December 29, 1965) is a Panamanian pianist, composer, educator, and a social activist. His music is a blend of Panamanian roots with elements of Latin American folk music, jazz, European impressionism, African, and other music ...

– piano (3) *

Myron Walden Myron Walden (born October 18, 1972) is a jazz saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. Biography Born in Miami, Florida, Walden moved to The Bronx at the age of 12. His interest in the alto saxophone developed when he witnessed the close att ...

– alto saxophone (2, 3, 11), bass clarinet (11) * Derrick Gardner – trumpet (2, 3) *

Vincent Gardner Vincent Gardner (born October 31, 1972) is an American trombonist and composer. Gardner has released six albums on SteepleChase Records and also performs and records in a group with his brother, trumpeter Derrick Gardner. He is the lead trombonis ...

–

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(2, 3) *

Terreon Gully Terreon Deautri Gully (born December 28, 1972) is an American drummer from East St. Louis, Illinois. Career Gully has performed with various musicians and genres, including the Christian McBride Band, saxophonist Ron Blake, vibraphonist Stefo ...

– drums (2, 3) *Monte Croft –

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

(4),

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

(8) *String section arranged and conducted by Jon Cowherd (6, 8, 10) **Sarah Adams, Ronald Carbone, Crystal Garner – viola **Ellen Westerman (soloist on 8), Joe Kimura, Caryl Paisner, Mark Orrin Shuman – cello * Chris Potter – soprano saxophone (7) * Adam Rogers – acoustic, electric and

bottleneck guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

(12) ;Production *

Tommy LiPuma Tommy LiPuma (July 5, 1936 – March 13, 2017) was an American music producer. He received 33 Grammy nominations, 5 Grammy wins, and his productions sold over 75 million albums. LiPuma worked with many musicians, including Barbra Streisand, Miles ...

, Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd - production *Joe Ferla - recording *Andrew Felluss, Chris Fama, David Perini, Jason Stasium - second engineers *Al Schmidt - mixing *Steve Genewick - mixing assistant *Doug Sax and Robert Hadley - mastering *Hollis King - art direction *Rika Ichiki - design * Bill Phelps - photography

References

2003 albums Lizz Wright albums Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma Verve Records albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub