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American Jazz Foundation: New York City, NY, April, 2012
By Cynthia Karena American Jazz Foundation Dizzy's Club Coca Cola New York City April 2012 On a sunny day in New York, I'm listening to a talented saxophonist belting out incredible jazz standards in Central Park. I hang around for an hour, leave five dollars in his case and go ...
Gregory Porter: Be Good
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 ...
Grammy Nominated Soul Jazz Vocal Sensation Gregory Porter Releases First Video From His Critically Acclaimed New CD, "Be Good"
Whimsical Treatment of CD's Title Track, “Be Good (Lion's Song)" Directed by Award Winning Filmmaker Pierre Bennu, with Cinematography by Shawn Peters and Special Set Work by Visual Artist Dirk Joseph Riding high on the out of the box success of soul/jazz vocalist Gregory Porter's sophomore release, Be Good, Motema Music has just released a video ...
Enter the "Motema 3-CD" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Motema 3-CD giveaway contest starting today. Five winners will win all three CD's listed below at the conclusion of the contest on March 25th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Gregory Porter at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...
Meeco: Beauty of the Night
by Chris May
Anyone unfamiliar with Paris-based composer/producer Meeco and his gorgeous, sophisticated jazz can get approximate bearings from two other artists. One is Antônio Carlos Jobim, partly for the influence of bossa nova on Meeco's writing, partly for the heart-on-sleeve romanticism his songwriting shares with Jobim. The second is Astrud Gilberto, who is suggested by the Brazilian vocalist ...
Gregory Porter's "Real Good Hands" Selected as iTunes Single of the Week
Soulful Track from Grammy Nominated Vocalist's Second CD on Motema Music, Released February 14, Available for Free Download “Real Good Hands," a track from Be Good, internationally acclaimed vocalist Gregory Porter's sophomore release on Motema Music, has been selected by iTunes as its Single of the Week for the week of February 14. “Real Good Hands," ...
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. ...
Vocalist Gregory Porter Will Tour To Support Release Of "Be Good"
Sophomore Release from Grammy Nominee Will Be Released on Motema Music on February 14, 2012 East Coast Shows Scheduled For Boston, New York, Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh From March 15 Through April 3 In the short fifteen months since Gregory Porter exploded onto the international music scene with his debut CD, Water (Motema Music, 2010), he ...
Acclaimed Vocalist Gregory Porter Offers Up Another Round of Soulful Jazz on Be Good
Sophomore Release from Grammy® Nominee Will Be Released on Motéma Music on February 14, 2012 In the short fifteen months since Gregory Porter exploded onto the international music scene with his debut CD, Water, he has racked up a continuing stream of accolades and awards. Porter's Water garnered a 'Best Jazz Vocal ' Grammy® nomination (a ...
Rapidly Rising Star Gregory Porter Releases New Video & Remixes of "1960 What?," The Indendiary Track From His Grammy Nominated Debut, "Water"
Remixes by Opolopo, Peas, and Wicked Jazz Sounds Available Digitally on October 25 Gregory Porter, whose 2010 Motema Music debut, Water, was nominated in the 2011 54th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Jazz Vocal Album, will release a powerful cinematic treatment of one of the CD's most powerful and popular tracks, “1960 What?." The video, which ...
