Lizz Wright

Wed., March 19, 8 p.m., $38-$50, with Brandon Young, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com

by Deesha Dyer

jazz

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After 2003's Salt and 2005's Dreaming Wide Awake, some were calling Georgia native Lizz Wright the voice of jazz's future. Now, after a three-year hiatus from solo work, Wright is ready to rewrite her story with The Orchard (Verve), which puts her Southern gospel and blues roots in the foreground.

Wed., March 19, 8 p.m., $38-$50, with Brandon Young, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com