Gregory Porter (akaberekwa munaNovember 4, 1971) muimbi weAmerica, munyori wenziyo, uye mutambi. Muna 2014 akahwina Mubairo weGrammy weBest Jazz Vocal Album ye'Liquid Spirit' uye muna 2017 ye'Nditore Kumukoto'.
Gregory Porter akaberekerwa muSacramento uye akakurira muBakersfield, California; mai vake vaiva mushumiri.
Iye ari 1989 Highland High School akapedza kudzidza kwaakawana bhezari yenguva yakazara yemitambo (chidzidzo, mabhuku, inishuwarenzi yehutano, uye mari yekugara) semutambi wenhabvu paSan Diego State University, asi akakuvara pabendekete panguva yekudzidziswa kwake ndokumukanganisa. basa renhabvu.
Pazera ramakore 21, Porter akarasikirwa naamai vake nokuda kwekenza. Ndiye akamukumbira kuti agare aripo achiimba kuti: “Imba, mwana, imba!”
Hudiki uye basa rekutanga
Porter akatamira kuBedford-Stuyvesant kuBrooklyn muna 2004 nemukoma wake Lloyd. Akashanda semubiki paLloyd's Bread-Stuy (iye zvino asisashandi), kwaakamboitawo semuimbi.
Porter akatamba kune dzimwe nzvimbo munharaunda, kusanganisira Sista's Place uye Solomon's Porch, asi akazotamira kuHarlem's St. Nick's Pub, kwaaiita vhiki nevhiki.
Porter ane vanun'una vanomwe. Amai vake, Ruth, vaiva nesimba guru muupenyu hwake, vachimukurudzira kuimba muchechi achiri muduku. Baba vake, Rufus, vaive vasipo zvakanyanya muhupenyu hwake.
Porter anoti: “Munhu wose aiva nezvinetso nababa vake, kunyange vaiva mumba. Matambudziko makuru aive akonzerwa nekuti paive pasina kuwirirana mupfungwa naye. Uye baba vangu vaive vasipo muhupenyu hwangu. Ndangotaura naye kwemazuva mashoma muhupenyu hwangu. Uye handizvo zvandinoda. Aingoita seasingafariri kuva pedyo."
Albums uye mibayiro
Porter akaburitsa maalbhamu maviri paMotéma label neMembran Entertainment Group, Mvura's 2010 uye Iva Akanaka 2012, asati asaina neBlue Note Records (pasi peUniversal Music Group) muna Chivabvu 17, 2013.
Dambarefu rake rechitatu Liquid Spirit rakaburitswa munaGunyana 2, 2013 muEurope naGunyana 17, 2013 muUS.
Iri dambarefu rakagadzirwa naBrian Bacchus uye zvakare akahwina iyo 2014 Grammy yeBest Jazz Vocal Album.
Kubva paakatanga muna 2010 paMotéma label, Porter akagamuchirwa zvakanaka munhau yemimhanzi.
Dambarefu rake rekutanga Mvura rakadomwa kuve Best Jazz Vocal pamakumi mashanu netatu epagore Grammy Awards.
Aive zvakare nhengo yepakutanga Broadway show Haizi Trifle, Asi A Blues.
Dambarefu rake rechipiri, Be Good, iro rine akawanda enziyo dzaPorter, akatambira rukudzo rwakanyanya pakuimba kwake siginicha uye nziyo dzake dzakadai se "Be Good (Rwiyo rweShumba)", "Real Good Hands" uye "On My Way to Harlem.
Musoro wenziyo wacho wakasarudzwawo kuti "The Best Traditional Performance Of R&B" pa55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Pakaburitswa album yeLiquid Spirit, New York Times yakatsanangura Porter se "muimbi wejazz ane huvepo hunokatyamadza, bhari rinowedzera rine chipo chekukwana uye kusimuka kwemeteoric."
Pakuonekwa kwevanhu, Porter anogara akapfeka ngowani yakafanana nekepisi yekuvhima yeChirungu ine jira rinovhara nzeve nechirebvu seBalaclava.
Mubvunzurudzo neJazzweekly.com naGeorge W. Harris musi waNovember 3, 2012, paakabvunzwa "Chii chine hat inoshamisa uye isina kujairika?" Porter akapindura kuti, “Ndakavhiyiwa zvishoma paganda rangu, saka ndicho chaiva chiso changu kwechinguva. Asi zvinoshamisa, vanhu vanondirangarira nazvo uye vanozviziva neheti iyi. Ichi chinhu chichagara neni kwenguva yakareba. "
Liquid Spirit yakanakidzwa nebudiriro yekutengeserana isingawanzo kuwanikwa nemaarubhamu ejazz. Iri dambarefu rakasvika pagumi repamusoro pamachati ejazi remuUK panguva imwe chete uye rakapihwa goridhe neBPI, richitengesa anopfuura zviuru zana muUK.
Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2014, Porter akaburitsa "The In In Crowd" seimwe chete.
Musi wa9 Chivabvu 2015, Porter akatora chikamu muVE Zuva 70: Bato Rokurangarira, konzati yeterevhizheni yekurangarira kubva kuHorse Guards Parade muLondon, vachiimba "How Time Goes".
Rwiyo rwake rwechina Take Me to the Alley rakaburitswa muna Chivabvu 6, 2016. MuUK's The Guardian, yaive album yaAlexis Petridis yevhiki.
Musi waChikumi 26, 2016, Porter akaita paPyramid Stage pa2016 Glastonbury Festival.
Neil McCormick akati: “Jazzer yezera repakati iyi inogona kunge iri nyanzvi yepop isinganzwisisike papasi, asi iri kuzorodza musambo uyu, nekuti nhengo inonyanya kukosha yekutenda nziyo dzinofanira kugara dziri nzeve. Uye Porter ane rimwe remanzwi akareruka mumimhanzi yakakurumbira, baritone ine cream inoyerera yakakora uye yakatsetseka pamusoro pemutinhimira wakapfuma. Inzwi rinoita kuti unzwe kuda kunanzva miromo yako uye kuteerera uye kuteerera mimhanzi yake.”
Maalbum nemitambo ichangoburwa
MunaGunyana 2016, Porter akaridza paRadio 2 Live muHyde Park kubva kuHyde Park, London.
Akabvumawo kuoneka paBBC Vana Vanoda mutero kuna Sir Terry Vaughan, akange amutambira makore apfuura uye aive fan wePorter.
Muna Ndira 2017, Porter akaita "Batisisa" paBBC One's The Graham Norton Show.
Kwapera chinguva, muna Gumiguru 2017, akasvikawo paBBC One's The Graham Norton Show naJeff Goldblum uye akaita "Mona Lisa" papiyano.
Upenyu hwehupenyu hwako
Akaroora Victoria uye vane mwanakomana, Demyan. Imba yavo iri muBakersfield, California.
Vave vakaroorana kwenguva yakareba, hapana ruzivo rwechokwadi, nokuti muimbi anosarudza kusabudisa pachena uye anogovera ruzivo ruduku.
Asi kana iwe ukatevera vaviri vacho, unogona kuona kuti vanofara uye vari kurera mwanakomana anoshamisa, zvichida inguva yekutanga wechipiri.
Zvinofadza Gregory Porter Chokwadi:
- Akapedzisa basa rinovimbisa semutambi wenhabvu weAmerica nekuda kwekukuvara.
- Basa rake rekutanga raive reJazz FM. Aiita zvekutumira mae-mail, fax nemamwe mapepa.
- Akashanda naEloise Lowes, hanzvadzi yeane mukurumbira jazz-funk muimbi Ronnie, pamitambo yepamhanzi asati anyora dambarefu rake rekutanga.
- Muna 1999, akaita dambarefu rakadzika naTheflon Dons rinonzi Mangwana Vanhu.
- Kusvika pakuva mutambi wenguva yakazara, Gregory aive nyanzvi yekubika muBrooklyn. Muto ndiro ndiro yake siginicha, uye madzimai munharaunda vachiri kuuya kwaari vachimubvunza kuti ari kuronga kugadzira imwe soup yake yakakurumbira yekuIndia!
