Salt (Lizz Wright album)

Salt is the first album by singer and composer Lizz Wright, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). It reached number two on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart.

Salt
Studio album by Lizz Wright
Released	13 May 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Vocal jazz, Soul
Length	50:30
Label	Verve
Producer	Tommy LiPuma, Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd
Lizz Wright chronology
Salt (2003) Dreaming Wide Awake (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(N/R)[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Jazzitude	(N/R)[3]

Track listing

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

(Recorded at Right Track Studios, New York City, in August and December 2002, by Joe Ferla.)

Personnel

• Lizz Wright – vocals
• Myron Walden – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
• Chris Potter – soprano saxophone
• Derrick Gardner – trumpet
• Vincent Gardner – trombone
• Brian Blade – acoustic guitar, drums
• Adam Rogers – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bottleneck guitar
• Kenneth Banks – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes
• Jon Cowherd – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Danílo Perez – piano
• Sam Yahel – Hammond organ
• Monte Croft – marimba, vibraphone
• Ellen Westerman – cello
• Joe Kimura – cello
• Caryl Paisner – cello
• Mark Orrin Shuman – cello
• Sarah Adams – viola
• Ronald Carbone – viola
• Crystal Garner – viola
• Doug Weiss – bass
• Terreon Gully – drums
• Jeff Haynes – percussion

References

1. All About Jazz review
2. Salt at AllMusic
3. Jazzitude review Archived 26 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine