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Gregory Porter: Be Good
by Dan Bilawsky
Debut albums often serve as fine introductions to the work of fledgling artists with potential for greater things, but that wasn't the case with Gregory Porter's Water (Motéma, 2010). Porter's debut, which was nominated for a Grammy Award, presented a vocal soul-jazz juggernaut that seemingly materialized out of thin air as a fully matured musical entity. His early experiences working in small San Diego clubs and singing in Off-Broadway and Broadway productions in New York helped Porter to establish himself ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Quando un cantante presenta come sua principale influenza Nat King Cole, un biglietto da visita eloquente come quello di Wynton Marsalis (che non esita a definire l'artista in questione «un fantastico giovane cantante») e nei crediti dell'album d'esordio include James Spaulding, sassofonista e flautista già al fianco di Sun Ra, Max Roach, Wayne Shorter, non è che a un ipotetico recensore rimanga molto altro da dire. Ma siccome ogni certezza è quasi sempre figlia del dubbio, infiliamo nel lettore Water, ...
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