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Article: Ledisi: Lost & Found (Verve Forecast).(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
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- Colorlines Magazine
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- March 1, 2008
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A fixture on the independent R & B and jazz scenes for the past 15 years, Ledisi Young has built a career on her versatility as a vocalist and her refusal to be categorized stylistically. Carrying a reputation for transcendent, electric live performance, Young slowly but surely built a national and international following through touring, word-of-mouth support and theatrical work (notably, 11 years as a featured member of the popular San Francisco cabaret Beach Blanket Babylon and recent workshops of the Broadway version of The Color Purple.
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As her first recording since 2002's jazz-heavy Feeling Orange But Sometimes Blue, Ledisi's ...