Gregory Porter (Gregory Porter): Haurongo o te kaitoi

Ko Gregory Porter (i whanau i te Noema 4, 1971) he kaiwaiata Amerika, kaitito waiata, he kaiwhakaari. I te tau 2014 i riro i a ia te Tohu Grammy mo te Pukaemi waiata Jazz tino pai mo te 'Wairua Wai' me te 2017 mo te 'Take Me to the Alley'.

Pānuitanga

I whanau a Gregory Porter i Sacramento, i whakaarahia i Bakersfield, California; he minita tona whaea.

He paetahi ia i te tau 1989 Highland High School i whakawhiwhia e ia he karahipi hakinakina wa-katoa (tutei, pukapuka, inihua hauora, me nga whakapaunga oranga) hei kaitakaro whutupaoro i te Whare Wananga o San Diego State, engari i whara tana pokohiwi i a ia e whakangungu ana, ka haukotia tana mahi. mahi whutupaoro.

I te 21 o ona tau, ka mate a Porter i tona whaea ki te mate pukupuku. Ko ia nana i tono kia noho tonu ia ki reira ka waiata: "Waiata, e tama, waiata!"

Te tamarikitanga me te mahi moata

I neke atu a Porter ki Bedford-Stuyvesant i Brooklyn i te tau 2004 me tana tuakana a Lloyd. I mahi ia hei kaitao i te Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (kua ngaro inaianei), i reira hoki ia i mahi hei kaiwaiata.

I mahi a Porter ki etahi atu waahi o te takiwa, tae atu ki te Sista's Place me te whakamahau o Horomona, engari i te mutunga ka neke ki te Harlem's St. Nick's Pub, i reira ia e mahi ana ia wiki.

Tokowhitu teina a Porter. Ko tana whaea, ko Ruth, he mana nui i roto i tona oranga, i akiaki ia ia ki te waiata i roto i te whare karakia i tona tamarikitanga. Ko tana papa, ko Rufus, i ngaro i tona oranga.

E ai ki a Porter: "He raruraru nga tangata katoa me to ratou papa, ahakoa kei roto ia i te whare. Ko nga raruraru nui na te mea kaore he hononga aronganui ki a ia. A ko toku papa i ngaro noa i toku oranga. Kua korero noa ahau ki a ia mo etahi ra i roto i toku ora. A ehara tera i taku e pai ai. Ko te ahua kaore ia i tino aro ki te noho tata."

Pukaemi me nga tohu

I tukuna e Porter nga pukaemi e rua mo te tapanga Motéma me te Membran Entertainment Group, Water's 2010 me Be Good 2012, i mua i te hainatanga me Blue Note Records (i raro i te Universal Music Group) i te Mei 17, 2013.

Ko tana pukapuka tuatoru Liquid Spirit i tukuna i te Mahuru 2, 2013 i Uropi me Mahuru 17, 2013 i te US.

Na Brian Bacchus te pukaemi i hanga, a, i toa ano ia i te Grammy 2014 mo te Pukaemi Puoro Jazz Best.

Mai i tana wa tuatahi i te tau 2010 i runga i te tapanga Motéma, kua tino manakohia a Porter i roto i te perehi waiata.

Ko tana pukaemi tuatahi ko Water i tohua mo te Best Jazz Vocal i te 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.

He mema ano ia mo te whakaaturanga Broadway taketake Ehara i te mea iti, engari he puru.

Ko tana pukaemi tuarua, Be Good, kei roto te maha o nga titonga a Porter, i tino whakanuia mo ana waiata waitohu me ana titonga penei "Be Good (Lion's Song)", "Real Good Hands" me "On My Way to Harlem.

I whakaingoatia ano te taitara mo te "The Best Traditional Performance Of R&B" i te 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

I te wa i tukuna ai te pukaemi Liquid Spirit, i kii te New York Times ki a Porter "he kaiwaiata jazz me te ahua whakamiharo, he baritone puhoi me te koha mo te tino pai me te pikinga meteoric."

Mo nga ahuatanga o te iwi, ka mau tonu a Porter i te potae e rite ana ki te potae hopu hopu reo Ingarihi me te papanga e hipoki ana i nga taringa me te kauwae ano he Balaclava.

I roto i te uiuinga me Jazzweekly.com na George W. Harris i te Noema 3, 2012, i te patai "He aha te potae rereke me te rereke?" Ka whakahoki a Porter, “He iti taku pokanga ki toku kiri, no reira ko toku kanohi mo tetahi wa. Engari ko te mea whakamiharo, ka maumahara te tangata ki a au, ka mohio mai na tenei potae. He mea tenei ka noho tonu ki ahau mo te wa roa.

He pai te angitu a Liquid Spirit i te angitu arumoni, he uaua ki te whakatutukihia e nga pukapuka jazz. I eke tenei pukaemi ki te 10 o runga i te UK jazz album charts i te wa kotahi, a, i tohuhia he koura e te BPI, neke atu i te 100 nga waahanga i te UK.

I te marama o Akuhata 2014, i tukuna e Porter te "The In In Crowd" hei takitahi.

I te 9 o Haratua 2015, i whai waahi a Porter ki te VE Day 70: A Party to Remember, he konohete whakamaumaharatanga i te pouaka whakaata mai i te Horse Guards Parade i Raanana, i waiata "How Time Goes".

I tukuna tana pukaemi tuawha Take Me to the Alley i te 6 o Mei, 2016. I te UK's The Guardian, ko Alexis Petridis' album o te wiki.

I te Hune 26, 2016, i mahi a Porter i runga i te Pyramid Stage i te 2016 Glastonbury Festival.

I kii a Neil McCormick: “Ko tenei kaiwaiata o waenga-pakeke pea te whetu pop tino rerekee o te ao, engari kei te whakamaarama e ia tenei ahua, na te mea ko te okana tino nui mo te maioha puoro ko nga taringa. A ko Porter tetahi o nga reo ngawari i roto i nga puoro rongonui, he baritone kirikiri e rere matotoru ana, e maenee ana i runga i te waiata puoro. He reo e hiahia ana koe ki te mitimiti i o ngutu me te whakarongo me te whakarongo ki ana waiata.”

Ko nga pukaemi me nga whakaaturanga hou

I te marama o Hepetema 2016, i whakaari a Porter i runga i te Radio 2 Live i Hyde Park mai i Hyde Park, i Raanana.

I whakaae ano ia kia puta ki te BBC Children in Need tribute a-tau ki a Ta Terry Vaughan, nana nei ia i manaaki i nga tau o mua, he kaiwhaiwhai hoki ia Porter.

I te marama o Hanuere 2017, i mahi a Porter i te "Hold On" i runga i te BBC One's The Graham Norton Show.

I muri tata mai, i Oketopa 2017, ka tau ano ia ki runga i te BBC One's The Graham Norton Show me Jeff Goldblum me te mahi "Mona Lisa" ki te piana.

Te ora whaiaro

Kua marenatia ia ki a Wikitoria, ka whanau ta raua tama ko Demyan. Ko to ratou kainga kei Bakersfield, California.

Kua marenatia raua mo te wa roa, kaore he korero tika, no te mea e pai ana te kaiwaiata ki te kore e whakaatu me te wehewehe i nga korero iti.

Pānuitanga

Engari ki te whai koe i te tokorua, ka kite koe kei te harikoa raua, kei te whakatipu i tetahi tama tino ataahua, tera pea kua tae ki te waa tuarua.

Ko nga korero pono a Gregory Porter:

1. I whakamutua e ia tana mahi pai hei kaitakaro whutupaoro Amerika na te wharanga.
2. Ko tana mahi tuatahi ko Jazz FM. I mahi ia ki te tuku ī-mēra, waea waea me etahi atu pepa.
3. I mahi tahi ia me Eloise Lowes, tuahine o te kaitoi jazz-funk rongonui a Ronnie, i runga i nga whakaaturanga atamira puoro i mua i te rekoata i tana pukaemi tuatahi.
4. I te tau 1999, i mahia e ia he pukaemi hohonu na Theflon Dons ko Tomorrow People.
5. Tae noa ki te rironga hei kaihaka mahi-katoa, he kaitao ngaio a Gregory i Brooklyn. Ko te hupa tana kai hainatanga, a kei te haere mai nga wahine o te takiwa ki a ia me te patai mai ahea ia e whakaaro ana ki te mahi i etahi atu o tana hupa tiihi Inia rongonui!