The daughter of a Georgia church minister and choir leader, Lizz Wright was born to sing gospel. But her rare jazz-blues elegance was what made her a star with her debut, Salt. She fine-tuned her impeccably understated style on the chart-topping Dreaming Wide Awake and enlisted friends in high places—Angelique Kidjo, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bernice Johnson Reagon—on the spiritual return of Fellowship.