Gina Loves Jazz: Lizz Wright in Berlin

Lizz Wright was in town yesterday. She is currently on tour promoting her new album “Shadow”, which will be released on her own Blues And Greens Records on April 12th. She opened her 80-minute set with “Sweet Feeling”, the first single off the album which came out last fall. It was wonderful to hear her segueing into “Walk With Me, Lord”, a track from her debut album “Salt” from 2003. And even though the new pieces are more on the blues side of the radar, the band turned into a funk modus as well, the sound of which actually suits her amazingly well. One of the new pieces, “Sparrow”, which has Angelique Kidjo as guest on the album, had me focus more on her amazing band, which features Adam Levy and Marvin Sewell on guitars.