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Gregory Porter: Sound & Vision

Read "Gregory Porter: Sound & Vision" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Artists who mix or move between two styles, no matter how smoothly, sometimes risk being critically or commercially marooned between them. Gregory Porter sings in a style deeply steeped in the best soul and rhythm-and-blues schools; his deep and warm instrument conjures echoes of Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls and other legendary voices. Even so, his first two albums are unmistakably jazz records. Water (Motéma, 2010) and Be Good (Motéma, 2012) are brightened by sharp arrangements, shimmering production (by Brian Bacchus ...

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Album Review

Gregory Porter: Be Good

Read "Be Good" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il suo debutto, l'anno scorso con Water, è stato impressionante e ha consentito al cantante californiano di ottenere una sorprendente nomination ai Grammy come Best Jazz Vocal. Le aspettative per questo secondo disco erano dunque alte e, per quanto riguarda il vostro recensore, miste al timore d'assistere a un'altra promessa mancata (o diluita nei territori del pop). Non è stato così e ne siamo felici. Gregory Porter conferma talento d'interprete e d'autore (nove brani sono suoi, tutti molto belli), versatilità ...

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Album Review

Gregory Porter: Be Good

Read "Be Good" reviewed 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 ...

Album Review

Gregory Porter: Water

Read "Water" reviewed 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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