Gregory Porter - Illusion (Official Video)

Buy the album here:
http://www.membran-online.de/product_info.php?products_id=1604

With a voice that can caress or confront, embrace or exhort, Gregory Porter exhibits such an incredible degree of vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has gone on record to call him „a fantastic
young singer," which makes the fact that Water (out now from Motema Music) is his recording debut even more impressive.
A debut release it may be, yet Water flows with a sense of timelessness that reflects the seasoned talents of the giants of blues, gospel and soul that have influenced Porter throughout his career. Some of the singers that Porter
cites as influential are familiar - Nat King Cole, Joe Williams and Donny Hathaway - and others -- such as the pastor of the church he attended as a child among them - may never realize their impact on his development as an artist.
While the work of singers such as Hathaway or Cole obviously helped to shape Porter's vocal styling, his own world view, as evidenced in his seven original compositions and his striking interpretation of classic songs such
as „But Beautiful" and „Skylark," adds an emotional intensity that makes each of the CD's eleven tracks speak so eloquently.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• gregory porter
• gregory
• porter
• motema
• membran
• membran entertainment group
• jazz
• soul
• singer
• later with jools holland
• jools holland
• jules holland

[Armachillo]

An 'old fashioned' delightful voice that is rarely heard nowadays... Lovely lyrics lovely video

[masterkid4u]

AMAZING!!! BRAVO!!!!!

[MsTanc1]

I love it...It makes me cry...

[judoandskater]

no dislikes this is a song that needs to be heard.

[TheDanrocket]

:(

[mrMIGUELLORENZO]

so good ...beauty...love it...;))

[kpitt1204]

Wow! I have been checking out his music ever since a friend of mine posted "Be Good" on Facebook. His voice is so soothing, yet it cuts right into my heart, softly.

[brenner1234]

Anyone go a tab or chords for this song??

[casiemarie95]

effortless :)

[bambam3710]

proper music personified and a pity that this kind of non comercial seriously good music/voice is only acknowledeged by a few globally. I would love to hear him sing over Ahmad Jamal's "Sparticus Love Theme." Check it out on youtube. Big up Mr Porter !!!!