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Commanding Singers Gregory Porter and Kurt Elling
by Russell Perry
Kurt Elling has been the dominant male vocalist in jazz for the past 20 years, winning the Down Beat Critics Poll from 2000-2013. Gregory Porter released his first record in 2010 and was recognized in the same poll as a rising star in 2013. He won the critics poll in five of the past seven years, with Elling being recognized in 2018 and 2019. For fans of jazz singing, the regular releases from these two singers are annual highlights. Like all ...
Continue ReadingSan Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2019
by Gregory Savage
Hot fun in the summertime is what the 30th San Jose Jazz Summer Fest was all about. With stages titled Swing, Blues / Big Easy, Salsa, Jazz Beyond and Gospel, you get a sense of what sounds were in the air. The festival was held August 9th through the 11th in beautiful downtown San Jose, California. From high school bands to rising stars like Aneesa Strings and Amy D., mix in jazz talents Dianne Reeves, Gregory Porter, Sons Of Kemet, ...
Continue ReadingWhat Is Jazz? Vol.1 with Jimmy Mac
by Mr Lob
What is Jazz? Is it freedom, is it tradition, is it alive, does it continue to evolve and thrive or is it an art form stuck in time? I cannot answer any of these questions or even really tell you what Jazz is. I can tell you how it makes me feel, where it takes me and what it means to me, but best I leave that to the music which does it much more eloquently. This ...
Continue ReadingNice Jazz Festival 2018
by Martin McFie
Nice Jazz Festival Nice, France July 16-21, 2018 The 2018 Nice festival started like a damp squib when a crashing, flashing thunderstorm hit the city an hour before the opening. The ensuing deluge made the stages and electrics unsafe. With no chance of rescheduling, most musicians left town for their next gig and the first night was cancelled. The ambassador of the Festival Gregory Porter delayed singing his tribute to Nat King Cole by ...
Continue ReadingDecember 2017: Ronald Shannon Jackson, Gregory Porter, Kamasi Washington
by Patrick Burnette
The holiday season may be behind us, but the Jazz Bastard Podcast keeps rolling on. Here's a look at December's episodes. On podcast 130, we celebrate our fifth anniversary by discussing four recordings by quintets. Rare recordings by Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet evoke Miles Davis' second great quintet for us and get analyzed at length. “Out" players have a good showing, as albums by Oliver Lake and Jimmy Lyons are featured. Mike waxes rhapsodic about ...
Continue ReadingGregory Porter: Live In Berlin
by Enrico Bettinello
Confesso una naturale simpatia per Gregory Porter. Non solo perché si tratta di un cantante indubbiamente dotato e dalla spiccata propensione alla comunicatività, ma anche perché, in un mercato discografico che sulle voci punta (a volte prendendo delle sonore cantonate) il grosso delle proprie fiches, mi sembra quello che, al netto di quanto diremo tra poco, riesce con maggiore spontaneità a fare sintesi tra la tradizione, Soul e R&B, le tensioni retromaniache e quel mondo del “jazz" dove ...
Continue ReadingGregory Porter: Take Me To The Alley
by Dan Bilawsky
The ineffable charms of Gregory Porter can't help but woo and win over the ear. He's the epitome of soulful sophistication--part tender poet, part cogent preacher, fully a man of the people--and he has a voice that can make the angels weep. While we often bemoan the choices that fame's fickle index finger makes, it pointed in the correct direction this time. Gregory Porter is everything he's cracked up to be and more. Take Me To The ...
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