Gregory Porter (yug Kaum Ib Hlis 4, 1971) yog tus neeg hu nkauj Asmeskas, sau nkauj, thiab ua yeeb yam. Hauv 2014 nws yeej Grammy Award rau Qhov Zoo Tshaj Jazz Vocal Album rau 'Liquid Spirit' thiab hauv 2017 rau 'Cia Kuv Mus Rau Qhov Alley'.
Gregory Porter yug hauv Sacramento thiab loj hlob hauv Bakersfield, California; nws niam yog ib tug nom tswv.
Nws yog 1989 Highland High School kawm tiav qhov twg nws tau txais cov nyiaj pabcuam kev ua kis las puv sijhawm (cov nqi kawm ntawv, phau ntawv, ntawv pov hwm kev noj qab haus huv, thiab cov nuj nqis nyob) ua tus ncaws pob hauv San Diego State University, tab sis raug mob lub xub pwg thaum nws kawm thiab cuam tshuam nws. football hauj lwm.
Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 21 xyoos, Porter poob nws niam mus rau mob qog noj ntshav. Nws yog nws leej twg hais kom nws mus tas li nyob ntawd thiab hu nkauj: "Hais, me nyuam, hu nkauj!"
Thaum yau thiab kev ua haujlwm thaum ntxov
Porter tau tsiv mus rau Bedford-Stuyvesant hauv Brooklyn hauv 2004 nrog nws tus tij laug Lloyd. Nws ua haujlwm ua tus kws ua zaub mov ntawm Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (tam sim no tsis ua haujlwm), qhov chaw nws kuj tau ua tus ntaus suab paj nruag.
Tus neeg nqa khoom ua haujlwm ntawm lwm qhov chaw hauv zej zog, suav nrog Sista's Place thiab Solomon's Porch, tab sis thaum kawg tau tsiv mus rau Harlem's St. Nick's Pub, qhov twg nws ua txhua lub lim tiam.
Porter muaj xya tus nus. Nws niam, Ruth, yog ib qho tseem ceeb hauv nws lub neej, txhawb kom nws hu nkauj hauv pawg ntseeg thaum nws tseem yau. Nws txiv, Rufus, feem ntau tsis tuaj ntawm nws lub neej.
Porter hais tias: “Txhua tus muaj teeb meem nrog lawv txiv, txawm tias nws nyob hauv tsev. Qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws yog vim qhov tsis muaj kev xav nrog nws. Thiab kuv txiv tsuas yog tsis tuaj ntawm kuv lub neej. Kuv tsuas yog hais lus rau nws ob peb hnub hauv kuv lub neej. Thiab qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov kuv xav tau. Nws tsuas yog zoo li tsis txaus siab nyob ib puag ncig. "
Albums thiab khoom plig
Porter tso tawm ob lub suab nkauj ntawm Motéma daim ntawv lo nrog Membran Entertainment Group, Dej's 2010 thiab Be Good 2012, ua ntej kos npe nrog Blue Note Records (hauv Universal Music Group) thaum lub Tsib Hlis 17, 2013.
Nws thib peb album Liquid Spirit tau tso tawm rau lub Cuaj Hlis 2, 2013 hauv Tebchaws Europe thiab Cuaj Hlis 17, 2013 hauv Asmeskas.
Cov nkauj tau tsim los ntawm Brian Bacchus thiab kuj tau yeej 2014 Grammy rau Qhov Zoo Tshaj Jazz Vocal Album.
Txij li thaum nws debut nyob rau hauv 2010 ntawm lub Motéma daim ntawv lo, Porter tau txais zoo nyob rau hauv lub suab paj nruag xovxwm.
Nws debut album Dej tau raug xaiv tsa rau Qhov Zoo Tshaj Jazz Vocal ntawm 53rd Txhua Xyoo Grammy Awards.
Nws kuj yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm thawj qhov yeeb yam Broadway Nws Tsis Yog Ib Qhov Tsis Zoo, Tab sis A Blues.
Nws thib ob album, Ua Zoo, uas muaj ntau yam ntawm Porter's compositions, tau txais kev qhuas tseem ceeb rau ob qho tib si nws kos npe hu nkauj thiab nws cov nkauj xws li "Be Good (Lion's Song)", "Real Good Hands" thiab "On My Way to Harlem .
Cov kab lus tseem tau raug xaiv tsa rau "Qhov Kev Ua Yeeb Yam Zoo Tshaj Plaws Ntawm R & B" ntawm 55th Grammy Awards txhua xyoo.
Thaum lub Liquid Spirit album tau tso tawm, New York Times tau piav qhia Porter tias "tus neeg hu nkauj jazz nrog lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj, lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj nrog khoom plig rau kev ua tiav thiab kev nce siab."
Rau kev tshwm sim rau pej xeem, Porter ib txwm hnav lub kaus mom uas zoo li lub kaus mom kev yos hav zoov Askiv nrog cov ntaub uas npog pob ntseg thiab puab tsaig zoo li Balaclava.
Hauv kev xam phaj nrog Jazzweekly.com los ntawm George W. Harris thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 3, 2012, thaum nug "Dab tsi yog lub kaus mom txawv txawv thiab txawv txawv?" Porter teb hais tias, “Kuv tau phais me ntsis ntawm kuv daim tawv nqaij, yog li ntawd yog kuv lub ntsej muag rau ib pliag. Tab sis oddly txaus, tib neeg nco kuv los ntawm nws thiab paub nws los ntawm lub kaus mom no. Nov yog qee yam uas yuav nyob nrog kuv mus ntev. "
Liquid Spirit nyiam qhov kev lag luam ua tiav tsis tshua tau ua tiav los ntawm jazz albums. Cov nkauj no tau mus txog 10 sab saum toj ntawm UK jazz album kab kos ib zaug thiab tau ntawv pov thawj kub los ntawm BPI, muag tshaj 100 units hauv UK.
Thaum Lub Yim Hli 2014, Porter tau tso tawm "Lub Hauv Paus" ua ib leeg.
Thaum Lub Tsib Hlis 9, 2015, Porter tau koom nrog VE Hnub 70: Ib Tug Neeg Nco Txog, kev ua yeeb yam hauv TV los ntawm Horse Guards Parade hauv London, hu nkauj "Lub Sijhawm Mus Li Cas".
Nws thib plaub album Take Me to the Alley tau tso tawm rau lub Tsib Hlis 6, 2016. Hauv UK's Tus Saib Xyuas, nws yog Alexis Petridis' album ntawm lub lim tiam.
Thaum Lub Rau Hli 26, 2016, Porter ua yeeb yam ntawm Pyramid theem ntawm 2016 Glastonbury Festival.
Neil McCormick tau hais tias: "Lub hnub nyoog nruab nrab jazzer no tuaj yeem yog lub hnub qub tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, tab sis nws ua rau cov style no tshiab, vim hais tias lub cev tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau kev qhuas suab paj nruag yuav tsum yog pob ntseg. Thiab Porter muaj ib lub suab yooj yim tshaj plaws hauv cov suab paj nruag nrov, creamy baritone uas ntws tuab thiab du ntawm cov suab paj nruag nplua nuj. Nws yog lub suab uas ua rau koj xav yaim koj daim di ncauj thiab mloog thiab mloog nws cov nkauj. "
Tsis ntev los no albums thiab kev ua yeeb yam
Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2016, Porter tau ua hauv xov tooj cua 2 Nyob hauv Hyde Park los ntawm Hyde Park, London.
Nws kuj tau pom zoo los tshwm sim rau BBC Cov Menyuam Yaus txhua xyoo uas xav tau khoom plig rau Sir Terry Vaughan, uas tau tuav nws lub xyoo dhau los thiab yog tus kiv cua ntawm Porter.
Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2017, Porter tau ua "Hold On" ntawm BBC One's The Graham Norton Show.
Ib me ntsis tom qab, thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2017, nws kuj tau tsaws rau BBC One's The Graham Norton Show nrog Jeff Goldblum thiab ua "Mona Lisa" ntawm piano.
Koj tus kheej lub neej
Nws tau sib yuav rau Victoria thiab lawv muaj ib tug tub, Demyan. Lawv lub tsev nyob hauv Bakersfield, California.
Lawv tau sib yuav tau ntev, tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv qhia tseeb, vim tias tus kws ntaus nkauj nyiam tsis tshaj tawm thiab qhia cov ntaub ntawv tsawg heev.
Tab sis yog tias koj ua raws li ob niam txiv, koj pom tau tias lawv zoo siab thiab loj hlob ib tug tub zoo, tej zaum nws yog lub sij hawm pib ib tug thib ob.
Nthuav Gregory Porter Qhov Tseeb:
- Nws tau ua tiav txoj haujlwm zoo li Asmeskas ncaws pob ncaws pob vim raug mob.
- Nws thawj txoj haujlwm yog nrog Jazz FM. Nws tau koom nrog kev xa e-mail, faxes thiab lwm daim ntawv.
- Nws tau ua haujlwm nrog Eloise Lowes, tus viv ncaus ntawm lub legendary jazz-funk artist Ronnie, ntawm suab paj nruag theem qhia ua ntej kaw nws thawj album.
- Hauv xyoo 1999, nws tau ua qhov sib sib zog nqus album los ntawm Theflon Dons hu ua Tomorrow People.
- Txog thaum dhau los ua tus ua yeeb yam puv sijhawm, Gregory yog tus kws ua zaub mov hauv Brooklyn. Kua zaub yog nws cov zaub mov kos npe, thiab cov poj niam hauv zej zog tseem tab tom tuaj rau nws nug thaum nws npaj yuav ua qee yam ntxiv ntawm nws cov kua zaub Indian nrov!
