Grammy award winning vocalist Gregory Porter has taken the jazz world by storm. His soulful and charismatic voice is nothing short of spectacular earning him a recording contract with the legendary Blue Note Records label. Watch a full concert video by Porter and his band filmed last November at the Blue Note Festival in Paris, France. Video, courtesy of Arte, expires May 18th. … [Read more...]
The Best Jazz Albums of 2012: #10-1
By the circumstances of our calendar, we culturally use the transition into the new year as a time to reflect. We reflect on how we have grown as people, about the ties to our friends new and old, about how we have conducted ourselves, of what we have liked and didn't like. We as people periodically reflect, and as people who love music, we periodically reflect on what moved … [Read more...]
For Your Consideration: Gregory Porter’s ‘Be Good’
With the sudden and astounding success of singer Gregory Porter’s Grammy-nominated debut album, Water, just fifteen months ago, there’s presumable pressure for his follow up, out this month, to do just as its title states. All can rest assured that there’s no Sophomore Slump Syndrome here; Porter’s Be Good, is. A collection of prismatic originals and hard-to-pull-off … [Read more...]