★★★★★
Track Listing: Moanin'; Intro Peace; Peace; Expansions; Somewhere Over The Rainbow; Doing Hard Time; Stella By Starlight; Watermelon Man; My One And Only Love; Days Of Wine And Roses; Mona Lisa; Song For My Father. Personnel: Gregory Porter: vocals (1, 3, 5, 11); Mansur Scott: vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11); Donald Smith: vocals (3, 4, 8, 9), piano, Fender Rhodes; Paul Zauner: trombone; Barney Girlinger: trumpet, flugelhorn; Klaus Dickbauer: alto saxophone, bass clarinet; Klemens Pliem: tenor...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2014-05-18
★★★★★
Track Listing: Moanin'; Intro Peace; Peace; Expansions; Somewhere Over The Rainbow; Doing Hard Time; Stella By Starlight; Watermelon Man; My One And Only Love; Days Of Wine And Roses; Mona Lisa; Song For My Father. Personnel: Gregory Porter: vocals (1, 3, 5, 11); Mansur Scott: vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11); Donald Smith: vocals (3, 4, 8, 9), piano, Fender Rhodes; Paul Zauner: trombone; Barney Girlinger: trumpet, flugelhorn; Klaus Dickbauer: alto saxophone, bass clarinet; Klemens Pliem: tenor...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2014-05-19
★★★★★
Listening to Gregory Porter, it's difficult to discern his most venerable quality. There's the voice--that velvet-wrapped-gravel sound that is both arresting and transporting. There's his unique way of sieving classic soul sensibilities--a melting pot of Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield--through a jazz filter. And there are the songs--lullabies, protests and everything in between--that are the quintessence of plainspoken eloquence...
- jazztimes.com
2013-11-14
★★★★★
When I saw Wynton Marsalis's 2013 version of his masterpiece, Blood on the Fields, I was also waking up to a killer talent in vocalist Gregory Porter, a baritone with a soulful texture and a flexibly athletic control that (frankly) made the original vocalist in the part--no less than the legendary Jon Hendricks--seem like an amateur. How had I not heard of this guy before...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-09-18
★★★★★
Gregory Porter | Liquid Spirit
Blue Note Records
By Peggy Oliver (Advance Review - CD to be Released on Sept. 17th, 2013)
In
recent years, Motema Music emerged into a respected independent label
with a solid commitment to their artists' improvisational gifts and
musical diversity. From Caribbean-born pianist Monty Alexander to former
Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun, the New York-based company has
drawn comparisons to jazz giant Blue Note Records in its heyday, swiftly
integrating soul,...
- reviews.theurbanmusicscene.com
2013-09-10
★★★★★
Gregory Porter - or more accurately the nattily dressed baritone's legion of fans - will soon receive a lesson in the advantages of major label affiliation. Porter released his two critically acclaimed albums - the 2010 Water and the 2012 Be Good - on the Motema record label. Motema is known as the Blue Note Records of the 21st Century, and the label was very good for Porter. The suits at Motema didn't try to change Porter's style...
- www.soultracks.com
2013-09-09
★★★★★
US singer Gregory Porter, a jazz-festival favourite with a sumptuous voice, is the kind of newcomer who makes the remaining handful of major-label jazz execs breathe sighs of relief. Porter sounds great, engages with audiences, and sings songs you can go away humming - and he's sentimental, which puts off hardcore jazzers but hooks a big slice of everybody else...
- www.theguardian.com
2013-09-06
★★★★★
Gregory Porter has a lot to live up to. Widespread critical acclaim, Grammy nominations and reviewers suggesting that he's the next big jazz star, the man to bring jazz back to mainstream popularity, all lay a big artistic burden on his (admittedly quite broad) shoulders. Liquid Spirit is his third album and it heralds a move to a major label, Blue Note. Maybe that just raises expectations even higher. No matter?Porter meets, and even exceeds, such expectations...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2013-09-04
★★★★★
As a music fan, few things conjure up excitement like the release of a new recording by an artist who scored big with his or her previous project. This artist put out a CD you kept on repeat for months, maybe even a couple of years. You couldn't go a day without playing that record, and the contents of that record played on an infinite loop in your mind when you were at work or watching the game on TV. That pretty much explained my reaction to Water, Gregory Porter's Grammy nominated debut CD...
- www.soultracks.com
2012-02-20
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