Gregory Porter
Water
Album · Jazz · 2010 · Universal Music Division Decca Records France
The oaken-voiced, blues-infused jazz singer’s debut shows his gift was fully formed from the start. Whether commandingly crooning a standard, delivering some blistering scatting on a hard-bop blowout, or unleashing searing, politically minded soul jazz tunes, Porter proves himself a vital vocalist.
Water
Gregory Porter
The oaken-voiced, blues-infused jazz singer’s debut shows his gift was fully formed from the start. Whether commandingly crooning a standard, delivering some blistering scatting on a hard-bop blowout, or unleashing searing, politically minded soul jazz tunes, Porter proves himself a vital vocalist.
