Gregory Porter (wobadwa Novembala 4, 1971) ndi woyimba waku America, wolemba nyimbo, komanso wosewera. Mu 2014 adapambana Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Jazz Vocal Album ya 'Liquid Spirit' komanso mu 2017 ya 'Ndiperekezeni Ku Alley'.
Gregory Porter anabadwira ku Sacramento ndipo anakulira ku Bakersfield, California; amayi ake anali mtumiki.
Ndiwomaliza maphunziro a 1989 Highland High School komwe adalandira maphunziro anthawi zonse othamanga (maphunziro, mabuku, inshuwaransi yazaumoyo, ndi zolipirira) ngati wosewera mpira ku San Diego State University, koma adavulala phewa pophunzitsidwa ndikumusokoneza. ntchito ya mpira.
Ali ndi zaka 21, Porter anamwalira ndi matenda a khansa. Ndi iye amene adamupempha kuti azikhalapo nthawi zonse ndikuimba kuti: "Imba, mwana, imba!"
Ubwana ndi ntchito yoyambirira
Porter anasamukira ku Bedford-Stuyvesant ku Brooklyn mu 2004 ndi mchimwene wake Lloyd. Anagwira ntchito yophika pa Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (yomwe tsopano inatha), komwe ankaimbanso.
Porter adachita m'malo ena oyandikana nawo, kuphatikiza Sista's Place ndi Solomon's Porch, koma pamapeto pake adasamukira ku Harlem's St. Nick's Pub, komwe ankachita sabata iliyonse.
Porter ali ndi azichimwene ake asanu ndi awiri. Amayi ake, a Ruth, anali ndi chisonkhezero chachikulu m’moyo wake, kum’limbikitsa kuyimba kutchalitchi ali wamng’ono. Bambo ake, Rufu, kwenikweni anali kulibe pa moyo wake.
Porter anati: “Aliyense anali ndi vuto ndi bambo ake, ngakhale atakhala m’nyumba. Mavuto aakulu anali chifukwa chakuti panalibe kugwirizana maganizo ndi iye. Ndipo bambo anga analibebe pa moyo wanga. Ndangolankhula naye kwa masiku angapo m’moyo wanga. Ndipo sizomwe ndikanakonda. Ankangooneka ngati alibe chidwi chofuna kukhala nawo pafupi.
Albums ndi mphoto
Porter adatulutsa ma Albums awiri pa chizindikiro cha Motéma ndi Membran Entertainment Group, Water's 2010 ndi Be Good 2012, asanasaine ndi Blue Note Records (pansi pa Universal Music Group) pa Meyi 17, 2013.
Nyimbo yake yachitatu ya Liquid Spirit idatulutsidwa pa Seputembara 2, 2013 ku Europe ndi Seputembara 17, 2013 ku US.
Nyimboyi idapangidwa ndi Brian Bacchus ndipo adapambananso Grammy ya 2014 ya Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Chiyambireni ku 2010 pa chizindikiro cha Motéma, Porter adalandiridwa bwino muzosindikiza nyimbo.
Chimbale chake choyambirira cha Water chidasankhidwa kukhala Best Jazz Vocal pa 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Analinso membala wa chiwonetsero choyambirira cha Broadway Sichochepa, Koma A Blues.
Chimbale chake chachiwiri, Be Good, chomwe chili ndi nyimbo zambiri za Porter, chidalandira ulemu waukulu chifukwa cha kuyimba kwake komanso nyimbo zake monga "Be Good (Lion's Song)", "Real Good Hands" ndi "On My Way to Harlem".
Nyimboyi idasankhidwanso kuti "The Best Traditional Performance Of R&B" pa 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Pamene chimbale cha Liquid Spirit chinatulutsidwa, nyuzipepala ya New York Times inafotokoza kuti Porter ndi "woyimba wa jazi wokhala ndi mawonekedwe ochititsa chidwi, baritone yochuluka yokhala ndi mphatso ya ungwiro ndi kukwera kwa meteoric."
Kwa maonekedwe a anthu, Porter nthawi zonse amavala chipewa chomwe chimafanana ndi kapu yachingerezi yosaka ndi nsalu yomwe imaphimba makutu ndi chibwano ngati Balaclava.
Poyankhulana ndi Jazzweekly.com ndi George W. Harris pa November 3, 2012, atafunsidwa kuti "Chipewa chodabwitsa ndi chachilendo ndi chiyani?" Porter anayankha kuti, “Ndinachitidwa opaleshoni pang’ono pakhungu langa, kotero imeneyo inali nkhope yanga kwakanthaŵi. Koma chodabwitsa, anthu amandikumbukira ndikuzindikira ndi chipewa ichi. Ichi ndi chinthu chomwe chikhala ndi ine kwa nthawi yayitali. "
Liquid Spirit idakonda kuchita bwino pamalonda komwe sikumapezedwanso ndi nyimbo za jazi. Chimbalechi chinafika pa 10 pamwamba pa ma chart a jazi aku UK nthawi imodzi ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi golide ndi BPI, ndikugulitsa mayunitsi opitilira 100 ku UK.
Mu Ogasiti 2014, Porter adatulutsa "The In Crowd" ngati imodzi.
Pa Meyi 9, 2015, Porter adatenga nawo gawo mu VE Day 70: Phwando Lokumbukira, konsati yapawailesi yakanema yochokera ku Horse Guards Parade ku London, akuimba "How Time Goes".
Nyimbo yake yachinayi Take Me to the Alley idatulutsidwa pa Meyi 6, 2016. Mu The Guardian yaku UK, inali chimbale cha sabata ya Alexis Petridis.
Pa Juni 26, 2016, Porter adachita pa Pyramid Stage pa Chikondwerero cha Glastonbury cha 2016.
Neil McCormick anati: “Jazzer wazaka zapakati ameneyu akhoza kukhala katswiri wa pop wodabwitsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, koma akutsitsimula sitayelo iyi, chifukwa chiwalo chofunikira kwambiri pakuyamikira nyimbo chiyenera kukhala makutu nthawi zonse. Ndipo Porter ali ndi liwu limodzi losavuta kwambiri munyimbo zotchuka, kamvekedwe kakang'ono kakang'ono kamene kamamveka kochindikala ndi kosalala panyimbo yolemera. Ndi mawu amene amakupangitsani kufuna kunyambita milomo yanu ndi kumvetsera ndi kumvetsera nyimbo zake.”
Ma Albums ndi machitidwe aposachedwa
Mu Seputembala 2016, Porter adasewera pa Radio 2 Live ku Hyde Park kuchokera ku Hyde Park, London.
Adavomeranso kuwonekera pamwambo wapachaka wa BBC Children in Need kwa Sir Terry Vaughan, yemwe adakhala naye zaka zam'mbuyomu ndipo anali wokonda Porter.
Mu Januware 2017, Porter adachita "Hold On" pa BBC One's The Graham Norton Show.
Pambuyo pake, mu Okutobala 2017, adafikanso pa BBC One's The Graham Norton Show ndi Jeff Goldblum ndikuimba "Mona Lisa" pa piyano.
Moyo waumwini
Anakwatiwa ndi Victoria ndipo ali ndi mwana wamwamuna, Demyan. Kunyumba kwawo kuli ku Bakersfield, California.
Akhala m'banja kwa nthawi yayitali, palibe chidziwitso chenichenicho, chifukwa woimbayo amakonda kusaulula ndikugawana zambiri.
Koma ngati mutatsatira banjali, mukhoza kuona kuti ali okondwa komanso akulera mwana wodabwitsa, mwinamwake ndi nthawi yoti muyambe wachiwiri.
Zosangalatsa za Gregory Porter:
- Anamaliza ntchito yabwino ngati wosewera mpira waku America chifukwa chovulala.
- Ntchito yake yoyamba inali ndi Jazz FM. Ankagwira ntchito yotumiza maimelo, ma fax ndi mapepala ena.
- Adagwira ntchito ndi Eloise Lowes, mlongo wa wojambula wodziwika bwino wa jazz-funk Ronnie, paziwonetsero za nyimbo asanajambule chimbale chake choyamba.
- Mu 1999, adaimba nyimbo yakuya ya Theflon Dons yotchedwa Tomorrow People.
- Gregory anali katswiri wophika ku Brooklyn mpaka pamene anakhala woimba wanthawi zonse. Msuzi ndi mbale yake yosainira, ndipo azimayi oyandikana nawo akubwerabe kwa iye ndikumufunsa kuti apanga liti supu yake yotchuka ya chilili yaku India!
