Macy Gray - Stripped / Evolution Music

In 2016, Macy Gray came to the Hirsch Center, a former Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn, to record “Stripped”, one of the most unusual and extraordinary albums of her discography.

The project was put together by Chesky Records and recorded in two days, with Gray accompanied by guitarist Russell Malone, bassist Daryl Johns, drummer Ari Hoenig, and trumpeter

Wallace Roney, all jazz greats with impressive credentials.

On “Stripped”, Gray presents reinterpretations of the most important songs from her back catalog, including “I Try” and “Sweet Baby”. The album also features several new songs, such as the

rousing “Annabelle” and jazzy reinterpretations of Metallica's “Nothing Else Matters” and Bob Marley's legendary “Redemption Song”. With its stripped-down arrangements that showcase her

inimitable voice, “Stripped” reveals a previously unknown side of Macy Gray. “Stripped” was Gray's first jazz album and was a huge commercial and critical success. The album immediately

entered the Billboard Jazz Albums chart at number 3. Chesky Records now presents “Stripped” as a sonically brilliant hybrid SACD – a must-have, not only for fans of Macy Gray!

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Title

1. Annabelle

2. Sweet Baby

3. I Try

4. Slowly

5. She Ain’t Right For You

6. First Time

7. Nothing Else Matters

8. Redemption Song

9. The Heart

10. Lucy