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Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia , one of three children and the daughter of a Minister . She started singing Gospel Music and playing Piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and Blues . She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award . She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing. Since then she has studied at the New York New School , and in Vancouver . Wright joined the Atlanta-based vocal quartet In The Spirit in 2000, which soon achieved critical acclaim, and in 2002 she signed a recording contact with Verve Records . Her first Album , '' Salt '' was released in the Spring of 2003 (and reached number two on the '' Billboard '' Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2004), followed by '' Dreaming Wide Awake '' in June 2005 (which reached number one on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart in 2005 and 2006). SOLO RELEASES
GUEST VOCALS "Reaching for the Moon" We All Love Ella-Celebrating the First Lady of Song (2007) "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" David Sanborn; Closer (2005) "No One But Myself to Blame", "Fool's Gold" Joe Sample; The Pecan Tree "...Till Then", "Fiddle and the Drum" Danilo Perez; ...Till Then "Come Rain or Come Shine" Toots Thielemans; One More For the Road SOURCES AND EXTERNAL LINKS
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