Results for "Art Porter"

Art Porter

A Life In Music

by Wulf Muller
March 10, 2023

The following is an excerpt from the Chapter “1996," from Wulf Müllers illustrated chronicle A Life In Music (Amazon Direct Publishing, 2022) Dee Dee Bridgewater performed three sold out nights at the glamorous and legendary Paris venue L'Olympia, with new signing to Verve France, singer Jeffery Smith, opening for her. Dee Dee's show ...

Tribute to Art Porter Jr.: Reflections of a Grateful Art

by Liz Goodwin
June 11, 2017

During the early to mid '90s, soprano and alto saxophonist-composer Art Porter, Jr. was charting a blazing course on the contemporary jazz soundscape. The 35-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas native had recorded and released four albums for Verve Records. He had been a guest on the albums of such titans as keyboardists Ramsey Lewis; Jeff Lorber (who ...

Take Five With Joe Blessett

by AAJ Staff
August 13, 2011

Meet Joe Blessett: Started out on alto sax, put it down pick up a six-string, got real and got day job. Now just a civilian making good noise in my spare time. Thanks to advances in technology and changes in the music industry I am afforded the opportunity to develop and produce my own ...

For Art

By Art Porter

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1998

Art Porter: For Art

by Dave Hughes
July 1, 1998

For Art's Sake is sort of a grab-bag compilation of live performances, remixes and other miscellaneous selections featuring the late saxophonist Art Porter. Porter drowned in 1996, cutting short a promising career; indeed, these performances illustrate that Porter was a talented, accomplished player who was still in the process of developing his own voice, both in ...

A Twist of Jobim

By Dave Grusin

Label: i.e. Music
Released: 1997
Track listing: Water To Drink (Agua De Beber); Captain Bacardi; Dindi; Waters Of March; Bonita; Stone Flower; Favela; Children's Games; Lamento; Mojave; Girl From Ipanema.

Undercover

By Art Porter

Label: Victor
Released: 1994

Straight to the point

By Art Porter

Label: Victor
Released: 1993

Pocket City

By Art Porter

Label: Victor
Released: 1992