UGregory Porter (owazalwa ngoNovemba 4, 1971) ungumculi waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo kanye nomlingisi. Ngo-2014 wahlabana ngendondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Jazz Vocal Album ye-'Liquid Spirit' nango-2017 ngethi 'Take Me to the Alley'.
UGregory Porter wazalelwa eSacramento futhi wakhulela e-Bakersfield, eCalifornia; unina wayengumfundisi.
Uneziqu ze-1989 Highland High School lapho athola khona umfundaze wesikhathi esigcwele wezokusubatha (izifundo, izincwadi, umshwalense wezempilo, kanye nezindleko zokuphila) njengomdlali webhola eSan Diego State University, kodwa walimala ehlombe ngesikhathi eziqeqesha futhi kwamphazamisa. umsebenzi webhola.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-21, uPorter washonelwa unina ngenxa yomdlavuza. Nguye owamcela ukuthi ahlale lapho futhi acule: “Cula, baby, cula!”
Ubuntwana kanye nomsebenzi wakuqala
UPorter wathuthela eBedford-Stuyvesant eBrooklyn ngo-2004 nomfowabo uLloyd. Wayesebenza njengompheki e-Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (manje engasekho), lapho aphinde walingisa khona njengomculi.
UPorter udlale kwezinye izindawo ezingomakhelwane, okuhlanganisa iSista's Place kanye neSolomon's Porch, kodwa wagcina esethuthela eHarlem's St. Nick's Pub, lapho ayedlala khona masonto onke.
UPorter unezingane zakubo eziyisikhombisa. Unina, uRuth, waba nethonya elikhulu ekuphileni kwakhe, emkhuthaza ukuba acule esontweni esemncane. Uyise, uRufus, wayengekho kakhulu empilweni yakhe.
UPorter uthi: “Wonke umuntu wayenezinkinga noyise, ngisho noma esendlini. Izinkinga ezinkulu zazingenxa yokuthi kwakungekho ukuxhumana okungokomzwelo naye. Futhi ubaba wayengekho nje empilweni yami. Ngike ngakhuluma naye izinsuku ezimbalwa nje empilweni yami. Futhi akukhona lokho engingathanda. Ubengabonakali nje ukuthi unentshisekelo ephelele yokuba seduze."
Ama-albhamu nemiklomelo
U-Porter ukhiphe ama-albhamu amabili kulebula ye-Motéma ne-Membran Entertainment Group, i-Water's 2010 kanye ne-Be Good 2012, ngaphambi kokusayina ne-Blue Note Records (ngaphansi kwe-Universal Music Group) ngoMeyi 17, 2013.
I-albhamu yakhe yesithathu ethi Liquid Spirit ikhishwe ngoSepthemba 2, 2013 eYurophu nangoSepthemba 17, 2013 e-US.
I-albhamu yakhiqizwa uBrian Bacchus yaphinde yawina iGrammy ka-2014 ye-Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Selokhu aqala ukubonakala ngo-2010 enkampanini iMotéma, uPorter wamukelwe kahle emaphephandabeni omculo.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Amanzi iqokwe kweyeBest Jazz Vocal kuma-53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Ubuye waba yilungu lombukiso wokuqala we-Broadway, Akuyona I-Trifle, Kodwa I-Blues.
I-albhamu yakhe yesibili, ethi Be Good, equkethe izingoma eziningi zikaPorter, yathola ukutuswa okubucayi ngakho kokubili ukucula kwakhe okusayinisiwe nezingoma zakhe ezifana nethi “Be Good (Ingoma Yebhubesi)”, “Real Good Hands” kanye nethi “On My Way to Harlem.
Ingoma esihloko sithi iphinde yaqokelwa "The Best Traditional Performance Of R&B" kuma-Grammy Awards angu-55.
Lapho i-albhamu ye-Liquid Spirit ikhishwa, i-New York Times yachaza uPorter "njengomculi we-jazz onobukhona obumangalisayo, i-baritone ekhulayo enesipho sokuphelela nokukhuphuka kwe-meteoric."
Ukuze abonakale esidlangalaleni, u-Porter uhlale egqoke isigqoko esifana nekepisi lokuzingela lesiNgisi elinendwangu evala izindlebe nesilevu njenge-Balaclava.
Engxoxweni ne-Jazzweekly.com kaGeorge W. Harris ngoNovemba 3, 2012, lapho ebuzwa ukuthi "Siyini isigqoko esiyinqaba nesingavamile?" UPorter waphendula, “Ngahlinzwa kancane esikhunjeni sami, ngakho lobo kwaba ubuso bami isikhashana. Kodwa okuxakayo ukuthi, abantu bangikhumbula ngayo futhi bayayibona ngalesi sigqoko. Lokhu yinto ezohlala nami isikhathi eside.”
I-Liquid Spirit ijabulele impumelelo yezentengiso engavamile ukutholwa ama-albhamu e-jazz. Le albhamu ifinyelele kwayi-10 ephezulu kumashadi e-albhamu ye-jazz yase-UK ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi yaqinisekiswa njengegolide yi-BPI, idayisa amayunithi angaphezu kuka-100 e-UK.
Ngo-Agasti 2014, u-Porter wakhipha i-"The In Crowd" njengeyodwa.
NgoMeyi 9, 2015, uPorter wabamba iqhaza ku-VE Day 70: A Party to Remember, ikhonsathi yesikhumbuzo kamabonakude evela eHorse Guards Parade eLondon, ecula "How Time Goes".
I-albhamu yakhe yesine ethi Take Me to the Alley ikhishwe ngoMeyi 6, 2016. Ku-The Guardian yase-UK, bekuyi-albhamu yesonto ka-Alexis Petridis.
Ngomhla zingama-26 kuJuni, i-2016, u-Porter wenza i-Pyramid Stage ku-2016 Glastonbury Festival.
U-Neil McCormick uthe: “Le jazzer eneminyaka ephakathi ingase ibe isihlabani se-pop esiyinqaba kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kodwa iyasiqabula lesi sitayela, ngoba isitho esibaluleke kakhulu sokwazisa umculo kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi kube izindlebe. Futhi uPorter unelinye lamazwi alula emculweni odumile, i-baritone enokhilimu egeleza ewugqinsi futhi ebushelelezi phezu komculo ocebile. Yizwi elenza ufune ukukhotha izindebe zakho ulalele futhi ulalele umculo wakhe.”
Ama-albhamu akamuva namakhonsathi
NgoSepthemba 2016, uPorter wadlala kuRadio 2 Live eHyde Park esuka eHyde Park, eLondon.
Uphinde wavuma ukuvela ku-BBC Children in Need inkokhiso kuSir Terry Vaughan, owayemphathe eminyakeni edlule futhi engumlandeli kaPorter.
NgoJanuwari 2017, uPorter wenza "Hold On" ku-BBC One's The Graham Norton Show.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, ngo-Okthoba 2017, waphinde wafika ku-BBC One's The Graham Norton Show noJeff Goldblum futhi wadlala "i-Mona Lisa" upiyano.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
Ushade noVictoria futhi banendodana, uDemyan. Ikhaya labo lise-Bakersfield, eCalifornia.
Bashade isikhathi eside, alukho ulwazi oluqondile, ngoba umculi ukhetha ukungavezi futhi wabelane ngolwazi oluncane.
Kodwa uma ulandela umbhangqwana, ungabona ukuthi bajabule futhi bakhulisa indodana emangalisayo, mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokuqala okwesibili.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo kaGregory Porter:
- Uqede umsebenzi othembisayo njengomdlali webhola laseMelika ngenxa yokulimala.
- Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala kwaba kuJazz FM. Ubesebenza ngokuthumela ama-e-mail, ama-fax nezinye iziqephu zamaphepha.
- Usebenze no-Eloise Lowes, udadewabo womculi odumile we-jazz-funk uRonnie, ezinhlelweni zasesiteji zomculo ngaphambi kokuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
- Ngo-1999, wenza i-albhamu ejulile kaTheflon Dons ethi Tomorrow People.
- Kuze kube yilapho eba ngumdlali wesikhathi esigcwele, uGregory wayengumpheki okhokhelwayo eBrooklyn. Isobho liyisitsha sakhe esisayinwayo, futhi izintokazi zasendaweni zisaza kuye zimbuza ukuthi uhlela ukulenza nini elinye isobho lakhe elidumile likapelepele waseNdiya!
