Description
Personnel: Ledisi (vocals); Alvin S. White, Darrell Crooks, Rick Watford, Errol Cooney (guitar); Karen Briggs (violin); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, horns); Nicholas Lane (trombone, horns); Sundra "Sun" Manning (Clavinet, organ, keyboards); Kenneth Knight (organ, keyboards); Luther "Mano" Hanes (keyboards, keyboard bass, drum programming); Dwayne Smith, Melvin Davis , Nelson Braxton (bass guitar); Tommy Bradford, Tommie Braxton, La Dell Abrams, Felix Pollard, John Roberts, Lil John Roberts, Michael White , Michael White (drums); Javier Sol?s (percussion); Lorenzo Johnson, Jamey Jaz (drum programming); Rahsaan Patterson (vocals, horns); Brandon Fields (saxophone, horns); Rex Rideout (keyboards, programming).
Recording information: Backroom Studios, Oakland, CA; Coda Studios, Oakland, CA; Encore Studios, Burbank, CA; First Avenue Studios, Franklin, TN; First Tribe Media Studios, Long Beach, CA; Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Shelter Island, NY; The Bennett House, Franklin, TN.
Photographer: Vincent Soyez.
New Orleans-born, California-bred singer Ledisi released a couple of indie albums leading up to her big-label debut with LOST & FOUND, and the latter is where the world at large meets a talent both highly individual and slyly syncretic. While Ledisi is ostensibly a modern R&B singer, whose tunes bear touches of hip-hop in their production, her background in everything from showtunes to symphony halls peeks through. The jazzy inflections, show-stopping delivery, and old-school soul that catch you by surprise are part and parcel of what makes LOST & FOUND stand out among the contemporary R&B pack.
- Format: CD
- Genre: Pop
- Released: 2007-08-28