Gregory_Porter--Be_Good-WEB-2012-OMA

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 █████▀                    Gregory Porter - Be Good                      ▀█████
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 █▓▓▓▓    ARTiST..[ Gregory Porter                                        ▓▓▓▓█
 █▓▓▓▓    TiTLE...[ Be Good                                               ▓▓▓▓█
 ████     GENRE...[ Jazz                    CAT#....[ 233488               ████
 ████     LABEL...[ Motema                  ENCODER.[ Lame 3.98.4          ████
 ████     YEAR....[ 2012                    QUALiTY.[ 320kbps              ████
 ████     SOURCE..[ WEB                     MODE....[ Joint-Stereo         ████
 ████     PLAYTIME[ 62:05 min               REL.DATE[ 02.21.2012           ████
 ████     TRACKS..[ 12                      RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA             ████
 ████     SiZE....[ 142,3 MB                SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA             ████
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 ████     01  Painted On Canvas                                 04:45      ████
 ████     02  Be Good (Lion's Song)                             06:27      ████
 ████     03  On My Way To Harlem                               07:40      ████
 ████     04  Real Good Hands                                   04:51      ████
 ████     05  The Way You Want To Live                          04:25      ████
 ████     06  When Did You Learn                                04:19      ████
 ████     07  Imitation Of Life                                 03:00      ████
 ████     08  Mother's Song                                     06:59      ████
 ████     09  Our Love                                          03:31      ████
 ████     10  Bling Bling                                       06:00      ████
 ████     11  Work Song                                         06:34      ████
 ████     12  God Bless The Child                               03:34      ████
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 ████                                                    TOTAL: 62:05      ████
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 ████            www.soulseduction.com                                     ████
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 ████            In the short fifteen months since Gregory                 ████
 ████            Porter exploded onto the international music              ████
 ████            scene with his debut CD, Water, he has racked             ████
 ████            up a continuing stream of accolades and                   ████
 ████            awards. PorterÆs Water garnered a æBest Jazz              ████
 ████            Vocal Æ Grammy« nomination (a rare feat for a             ████
 ████            debut recording), rocketed to #1 on both                  ████
 ████            iTunes and Amazon in the UK, made significant             ████
 ████            sales inroads and has soared on to be included            ████
 ████            on an international array of year-end æBest               ████
 ████            OfÆ lists for 2010 in several genres. The                 ████
 ████            happy result is that, in less than a year and             ████
 ████            a half, these successes have created a                    ████
 ████            formidable draw for Porter as an international            ████
 ████            touring artist.                                           ████
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 ████            PorterÆs ascending star is viewed most                    ████
 ████            brightly in Europe, especially in the UK,                 ████
 ████            where he has performed on Jamie CullumÆs BBC              ████
 ████            radio program, on Later with Jools Holland, as            ████
 ████            a featured guest at the London Jazz Festival              ████
 ████            and as one of two special guests on Carole                ████
 ████            KingÆs 2011 BBC holiday television special.               ████
 ████            UKÆs Jazz Wise magazine named Water the #1                ████
 ████            Jazz Album of 2011 (the first time a vocal                ████
 ████            album has achieved this distinction.).                    ████
 ████            Meanwhile, across the channel in France and               ████
 ████            Belgium press and radio have showered Porter              ████
 ████            with incredible accolades, lauding him as the             ████
 ████            new ôRoi of Vocal Jazz,ö in both jazz and                 ████
 ████            mainstream press outlets such as LÆExpress.ö              ████
 ████            As his international reputation continues to              ████
 ████            grow, ôBe Good,ö the title track from PorterÆs            ████
 ████            forthcoming CDS, is being released as an                  ████
 ████            advance single to herald the much-anticipated             ████
 ████            release.                                                  ████
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 ████            On the album Be Good, (out February 14, 2011              ████
 ████            on MotΘma), Porter has crafted a work that not            ████
 ████            only meets, but is likely to surpass, the                 ████
 ████            heightened expectations of the jazz and soul              ████
 ████            audiences eagerly awaiting his follow up to               ████
 ████            Water. Featuring PorterÆs winning combination             ████
 ████            of ôoutstanding original songs, erudite lyrics            ████
 ████            and social comment, top drawer musicianship               ████
 ████            and improvisation, and a voice to die forö                ████
 ████            (Jazz Wise), Be Good is a musical compendium              ████
 ████            of groove-driven delights, ranging from quiet             ████
 ████            ballads to up-tempo burners, from romantic                ████
 ████            charmers to powerful, blues-tinged anthems. Be            ████
 ████            Good finds Porter surrounded by the core of               ████
 ████            his powerhouse working band, with whom he                 ████
 ████            recorded his Grammy« nominated debut, and who             ████
 ████            have performed with him for over three years              ████
 ████            now: Chip Crawford on piano, Aaron James on               ████
 ████            bass, Emanuel Harrold on drums, and Yosuke                ████
 ████            Sato on alto sax. Under the sure hand of                  ████
 ████            producer Brian Bacchus, Porter and the band               ████
 ████            rise to new heights on Be Good, which is                  ████
 ████            further fueled by richly emotional horn                   ████
 ████            arrangements by Kamau Kenyatta, who produced              ████
 ████            Water and who continues to play an important              ████
 ████            role in PorterÆs sound. Kenyatta also performs            ████
 ████            on one track (ôPainted on Canvasö) and guest              ████
 ████            instrumentalists Keyon Harrold on trumpet and             ████
 ████            Tivon Pennicott on tenor sax are also featured            ████
 ████            throughout.                                               ████
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 ████            Porter tapped the prodigious talents of                   ████
 ████            veteran producer Brian Bacchus for Be Good.               ████
 ████            Bacchus, whose A&R successes have included                ████
 ████            Norah JonesÆ Grammy« -winning Come Away with              ████
 ████            Me, as well as Cassandra Wilson, Gonzalo                  ████
 ████            Rubalcaba, Wild Magnolias, and Joe LovanoÆs               ████
 ████            tribute to opera legend Enrico Caruso, Via                ████
 ████            Caruso, has produced projects for acclaimed               ████
 ████            jazz artists including Randy Weston, Lizz                 ████
 ████            Wright, Richie Havens, Ronny Jordan, and                  ████
 ████            Patricia Barber. Bachus first met Porter                  ████
 ████            through a mutual friend and the two                       ████
 ████            immediately recognized a shared sensibility, a            ████
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 ████            "Gregory is the real deal and a revelation in             ████
 ████            terms of new male jazz singers, but I think               ████
 ████            that his voice coupled with his songwriting               ████
 ████            may be the thing that leaves most listeners               ████
 ████            with their mouths open,ö says Bacchus. ôThere             ████
 ████            have been many solid singer songwriters coming            ████
 ████            from under the jazz umbrella of the last 10               ████
 ████            years that are mostly brimming with folk and              ████
 ████            country influences. Gregory is the first that             ████
 ████            IÆm hearing that is squarely coming out of a              ████
 ████            real classic soul bag (i.e. Bill Withers,                 ████
 ████            Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway) as a                     ████
 ████            songwriter, but with both feet firmly planted             ████
 ████            in jazzÆs soil.ö                                          ████
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 ████            A disarmingly sincere performer, with a groove            ████
 ████            that never quits, a voice of incredible                   ████
 ████            virtuosity and a seemingly universal appeal as            ████
 ████            a songwriter, PorterÆs lyrics often speak as              ████
 ████            dreams do, in the languages of image and                  ████
 ████            emotion, communicating thoroughly though not              ████
 ████            always directly. His objective as a                       ████
 ████            songwriter, he says, is ôto create a sincere              ████
 ████            message about my feelings on love, culture,               ████
 ████            family and our human joys and pain.ö Even in              ████
 ████            conversation he leans toward the poetic: ôJust            ████
 ████            like the song æPainted on CanvasÆ says, æIÆm              ████
 ████            æmade of the pigment of paint that is put                 ████
 ████            uponÆ àtrying to be honest and organic in my              ████
 ████            colors that I show.ö Be Good clearly attains              ████
 ████            that goal, and also proves to have a wide                 ████
 ████            palette of colors to show.                                ████
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 ████            The CDÆs opening track, the song mentioned                ████
 ████            above, masterfully primes the canvas of                   ████
 ████            PorterÆs sophomore release. Gentle as a                   ████
 ████            bedtime story-teller, his vocals weave                    ████
 ████            seamlessly in and around the warm tones                   ████
 ████            established by his core band, enhanced by the             ████
 ████            sparkling threads of Kamau KenyattaÆs tenor               ████
 ████            sax and Chip CrawfordÆs impressionistic                   ████
 ████            pianism. ôBe Good, (LionÆs Song)ö (the leading            ████
 ████            single from the album) has been a favorite at             ████
 ████            PorterÆs live shows for some time, here                   ████
 ████            finally making its much anticipated recording             ████
 ████            debut. The upbeat tribute ôOn My Way to                   ████
 ████            Harlemö percolates with the vibrant cultural              ████
 ████            energy of the Harlem renaissance figures that             ████
 ████            once walked the streets near St. NickÆs Pub,              ████
 ████            where PorterÆs working band came together and             ████
 ████            where he finally solidified his conviction to             ████
 ████            record his first record in 2010. ôI grew up in            ████
 ████            California and now I live in Brooklyn,ö                   ████
 ████            explains Porter, ôbut even so, I feel that the            ████
 ████            spirit of the artists that came out of Harlem             ████
 ████            û from Duke Ellington to Langston Hughes - has            ████
 ████            so influenced my work that Harlem is as much a            ████
 ████            part of me as if I had lived there.ö                      ████
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 ████            The soulful spirit of the æ70s, epitomized by             ████
 ████            such artists as Lou Rawls and the Chi Lights,             ████
 ████            echoes forth in style on PorterÆs ôReal Good              ████
 ████            Hands,ö a track that makes it clear that                  ████
 ████            Porter is a complete romantic at heart. On the            ████
 ████            intriguing ballad, ôThe Way You Want to Live,ö            ████
 ████            a song of dangerous personal choices that he              ████
 ████            dedicated to Amy Winehouse during a                       ████
 ████            performance at the Blue Note in New York just             ████
 ████            days after her untimely death, Chip CrawfordÆs            ████
 ████            poignant touch on the keyboards is matched by             ████
 ████            PorterÆs fervent delivery. Next up, the bandÆs            ████
 ████            unassuming, solid rapport underscores the                 ████
 ████            tenderness of PorterÆs lyrics on ôWhen Did You            ████
 ████            Learn?ö                                                   ████
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 ████            ôImitation of Life,ö the first of the three               ████
 ████            tracks on Be Good not written by Porter, is               ████
 ████            the title track from an Oscar-nominated 1959              ████
 ████            film starring Lana Turner and Sandra Dee.                 ████
 ████            Written by Paul Francis Webster and Sammy                 ████
 ████            Fain, who also penned the Academy                         ████
 ████            Award-winning ôLove Is a Many Splendored                  ████
 ████            Thing,ö and the Johnny Mathis hit, ôA Certain             ████
 ████            Smile, ôImitation of Lifeö was originally                 ████
 ████            performed by Earl Grant and has seldom since              ████
 ████            been recorded.                                            ████
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 ████            Porter, the youngest of a family of six raised            ████
 ████            in Bakersfield California by a single mother              ████
 ████            who was also a minister, offers a show                    ████
 ████            stopping and inspiringly heartfelt tribute to             ████
 ████            this clearly exceptionally woman in ôMotherÆs             ████
 ████            Song,ö emphasizing the extraordinary impact               ████
 ████            her love and fortitude has upon his life and              ████
 ████            work. ôOur Loveö which takes as its theme                 ████
 ████            romantic love that succeeds despite the odds              ████
 ████            and in spite of naysayers, sustains the CDÆs              ████
 ████            mellow mood until Porter shakes things up                 ████
 ████            completely with the scat-inflected, high                  ████
 ████            energy ôBling Bling.ö Next, Porter delivers               ████
 ████            perhaps one of the hottest and grittiest                  ████
 ████            versions ever of Nat AdderlyÆs classic, ôWork             ████
 ████            Song,ö a hard driving blues and jazz standard             ████
 ████            that has been recorded by vocalists as                    ████
 ████            disparate as Nina Simone, Bobby Darin, Sammy              ████
 ████            Davis, Jr. and Johnny Rivers. Porter closes               ████
 ████            the proceedings with an a cappella version of             ████
 ████            ôGod Bless the Child,ö that is as understated             ████
 ████            as a prayer and as comforting as a lullaby.               ████
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 ████            In review after review, critics are inspired              ████
 ████            to comment on Porter as a new ôkingÆ of jazz,ö            ████
 ████            and a ôleader of the pack,ö a performer of                ████
 ████            extraordinary presence who has been compared              ████
 ████            with the greatest of the greats, such as Joe              ████
 ████            Williams, Nat Cole, Donny Hathaway, and Marvin            ████
 ████            Gaye. As musically solid as his recordings are            ████
 ████            and as powerful and honest as PorterÆs                    ████
 ████            magnificent voice is, it may just well be the             ████
 ████            brilliance of his poetry and the unguarded                ████
 ████            depth of his emotional delivery that is most              ████
 ████            fueling his rapid rise to fame. While fans                ████
 ████            will certainly be tempted to interpret deeply             ████
 ████            autobiographical messages amid the stories of             ████
 ████            love and loss that Porter has composed for Be             ████
 ████            Good, Porter is quick to point out that he is             ████
 ████            more painter than photographer. ôMy songs may             ████
 ████            start from a place of personal experience,ö he            ████
 ████            explains, but he uses his poetic license                  ████
 ████            freely. ôI try not to impose any particular               ████
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 ████            be affected each in his or her own way, and               ████
 ████            moved as much by what can be read in between              ████
 ████            the lines as what the lyrics say.ö                        ████
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