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Review: Jaguar Wright - Jazz Cafe, London - 9 July 2005
Writer: David Aaron
The near packed-out crowd at London's Jazz Café were
still bouncing from the performance of support act
United Soul and their interpretation of Stevie
Wonder's classic Higher Ground, when the sultry
figure of Jaguar Wright, immaculately dressed in all
black and a chic glittery headscarf, emerged at the
top of the balcony, before making her grand entrance
on stage.
In town to promote her sophomore album Divorcing Neo
Soul 2 Marry Soul, the Philly songstress was greeted
with genuine respect and applause from a knowledgeable
crowd full of anticipation, before kicking off a night
of impassioned, polished soul.
Effortlessly breezing through tracks from
2002's debut album Denial, Delusions & Decisions, standouts being,
I Can't Wait (unfortunately no guest spot from
Bilal), Patti LaBelle's classic Love Need and Want
You and Country Song; Wright engaged her audience
with a flawless vocal performance and rhetoric that
wouldn't be misplaced on the comedy circuit.
Self Love and a spellbinding version of The Beatles'
Come Together were poignantly orchestrated by the 28
year-old, as an acknowledgement and defiance to the
atrocities that had taken place around the city only
days earlier. Mixing the vocals of the spiritual heard
on Moby's Natural Blues, over the deep baselines of
the classic Lennon/McCartney track was arguably the
highlight of the evening and a golden example of this
young woman's artistry, that surely must see her
propelled to the same heights as her Philly compatriot
Jill Scott.
Amongst showcasing tracks from her new album such as
the funky floor-filler Ecstacy, produced by
Raphael Saadiq and first single Free, she managed to
give props to Common and his Be record, before
covering the Chicago rapper's The Light, to great
applause.
Leaving MCA for Independent label, Artemis, is just
the beginning of a bright future for a true soul star.
London loves you Jaguar!
RELATED LINKS:
Jaguar Wright - official website
Buy Jaguar Wright's
Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul at Amazon UK
(CD) / US
(CD)
PUBLISHED: 18 September 2005
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