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Gregory Porter (born November 4, 1971) [1] is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album : first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and then again in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley .
Take Me to the Alley is the fourth studio album by Gregory Porter, released on May 6, 2016, through Blue Note Records. It earned Porter a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. [13] The album was recorded in Hollywood and New York City between September and October 2015. [14]
Porter became aware of the music of Nat King Cole while growing up in Bakersfield, California, during the 1970s, where his mother was a Baptist minister, and in a household from which his father was absent. [3] [4] [5] When he was five or six, Porter wrote a song that he performed for his mother. She told him, "Boy, you sound like Nat King Cole."
The Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter is scheduled to sing the Ray Charles version of "America The Beautiful" during the U.S. space agency's broadcast of the countdown to the launch of the ...
Liquid Spirit is the third studio album by American jazz musician Gregory Porter.It was released through Blue Note Records on September 2, 2013. [11] The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014.
Issues of Life: Features and Remixes is a compilation album by American jazz musician and singer Gregory Porter.. Issues of Life: Features and Remixes was released after Grammy-winning Liquid Spirit (2013).
Louder Than War ' s Paul Clarke described All Rise as "a joyous, smart mix of jazz, soul and old school gospel" that "proves [Porter] is a skilled songwriter who can tell a story". [10] Rachel McGrath of the Evening Standard concurred, summarizing it as "a reminder of his incredible songwriting ability, as his lyrics boast a depth to match his ...
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