Oct 31, 2006 15:02
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It's been so long since I've heard pipes this good. Lizz Wright sounds like slightly melted butter being spread smoothly over a slice of hot, crispy toast. Her phrases move like the knife spreading back and forth over the toast, from left to right, easeful and sure. It's effortless. The butter of her tone melts and soaks slowly into the toast of my spirit evenly and with thick liquid silence. The band's quiet, steady vamping behind her serves as the dark, rich coffee to wash it down. Creamy tones and steamy, bold flavors of sound awake and calm my senses.
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