Gregory_Porter--Liquid_Spirit-WEB-2013-OMA

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 █████▀                 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit                   ▀█████
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 █▓▓▓▓    ARTiST..[ Gregory Porter                                        ▓▓▓▓█
 █▓▓▓▓    TiTLE...[ Liquid Spirit                                         ▓▓▓▓█
 ████     GENRE...[ Jazz                    GRABBER.[ ---                  ████
 ████     LABEL...[ Blue Note               ENCODER.[ Lame 3.98.4          ████
 ████     YEAR....[ 2013                    QUALiTY.[ 320kbps              ████
 ████     SOURCE..[ WEB                     MODE....[ Joint-Stereo         ████
 ████     PLAYTIME[ 63:41 min               REL.DATE[ 10.26.2013           ████
 ████     TRACKS..[ 14                      RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA             ████
 ████     SiZE....[ 146,0 MB                SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA             ████
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 ████     01  No Love Dying                                     04:07      ████
 ████     02  Liquid Spirit                                     03:46      ████
 ████     03  Lonesome Lover                                    03:21      ████
 ████     04  Water Under Bridges                               03:42      ████
 ████     05  Hey Laura                                         03:29      ████
 ████     06  Musical Genocide                                  03:56      ████
 ████     07  Wolfcry                                           04:20      ████
 ████     08  Free                                              05:11      ████
 ████     09  Brown Grass                                       04:27      ████
 ████     10  Wind Song                                         03:34      ████
 ████     11  The "In" Crowd                                    03:47      ████
 ████     12  Movin'                                            05:00      ████
 ████     13  When Love Was King                                07:03      ████
 ████     14  I Fall In Love Too Easily                         07:58      ████
 ████                                                    ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙      ████
 ████                                                    TOTAL: 63:41      ████
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 ████            Liquid Spirit marks Gregory PorterÆs Blue Note            ████
 ████            Records debut, which arrives on the heels of              ████
 ████            two critically acclaimed indie label albums               ████
 ████            that quickly propelled Porter to the upper                ████
 ████            echelon of contemporary male jazz singers and             ████
 ████            earned him two GRAMMY nominations. Don Was,               ████
 ████            President of Blue Note, encouraged Porter to              ████
 ████            stay true to his artistic vision. ôI firmly               ████
 ████            consider myself a jazz singer but I enjoy                 ████
 ████            blues, southern soul, and gospel,ö Porter                 ████
 ████            says, ôThose elements make their way inside my            ████
 ████            music. And IÆve always heard them in jazz.ö               ████
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 ████            The singer retains the same core musicians                ████
 ████            that accompanied him on his previous two discs            ████
 ████            û pianist and music director, Chip Crawford,              ████
 ████            drummer Emanuel Harrold, bassist Aaron James,             ████
 ████            alto saxophonist Yosuke Sato, and tenor                   ████
 ████            saxophonist Tivon Pennicott. On a few                     ████
 ████            selections, Porter complements that ensemble              ████
 ████            with trumpeter Curtis Taylor, and organist                ████
 ████            Glenn Patscha. Producer Brian Bacchus also                ████
 ████            returns, as well as arranger and associate                ████
 ████            producer Kamau Kenyatta. Porter describes the             ████
 ████            making of Liquid Spirit as very organic. ôI               ████
 ████            didnÆt say, æOK, this is a Blue Note record,              ████
 ████            let me get a Freddie Hubbard sound,Æö Porter              ████
 ████            explains, ôI didnÆt have any agenda with this             ████
 ████            record.ö                                                  ████
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 ████            Porter wields one of the most captivating                 ████
 ████            baritone voices in music today. It emits                  ████
 ████            enormous soul that conveys both the emotions              ████
 ████            and intellect of any given song without                   ████
 ████            relying on vocal histrionics. In The New York             ████
 ████            Times, Nate Chinen wrote: ôGregory Porter has             ████
 ████            most of what you want in a male jazz singer,              ████
 ████            and maybe a thing or two you didnÆt know you              ████
 ████            wanted.ö Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater                  ████
 ████            praised Porter in the pages of JazzTimes by               ████
 ████            saying, ôWe havenÆt had a male singer like him            ████
 ████            in a long time. HeÆs such a wonderful writer.             ████
 ████            HeÆs a story teller.ö                                     ████
 ████                                                                      ████
 ████            Indeed Porter has an amazing gift for writing             ████
 ████            poignant songs based upon personal experiences            ████
 ████            with a relatable and emotional immediacy. Even            ████
 ████            more, his hooky melodies penetrate instantly.             ████
 ████            Recommencing with the water analogy that                  ████
 ████            characterized his debut disc, Porter sees                 ████
 ████            Liquid Spirit as a logical progression in his             ████
 ████            burgeoning discography as it touches on some              ████
 ████            of the same themes, particularly the highs and            ████
 ████            lows of romance, his childhood, and                       ████
 ████            socio-political observations. More pointedly,             ████
 ████            he views the title-track, a rousing,                      ████
 ████            hand-clapping gospel-jazz romp, dealing with              ████
 ████            replenishing ôthirstyö listeners with more                ████
 ████            substantial music, as the flipside to last                ████
 ████            yearÆs ôBling Bling,ö a blistering song on his            ████
 ████            previous album Be Good on which the                       ████
 ████            protagonist had so many artistic gifts to give            ████
 ████            but no one to give them to.                               ████
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 ████            In part, ôLiquid Spiritö is based upon                    ████
 ████            PorterÆs reflections on new fans, worldwide,              ████
 ████            who come to him saying, ôWhere have you been?ö            ████
 ████            or ôHow come IÆve never heard you before.ö                ████
 ████            ôNot saying that I am æwhat is,Æ Porter says,             ████
 ████            ôBut I think maybe what IÆm doing is what                 ████
 ████            people actually want to hear. There are some              ████
 ████            people who want that liquid spirit û a                    ████
 ████            soulful, thoughtful sound û and they havenÆt              ████
 ████            been getting it.ö                                         ████
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 ████            Similar sentiments occur on ôMusical Genocideö            ████
 ████            and his riveting take on the Ramsey                       ████
 ████            Lewis-Dobie Gray classic, ôThe æInÆ Crowd.ö On            ████
 ████            the former, Crawford hammers a dark rhythmic              ████
 ████            figure against JamesÆ bluesy bass                         ████
 ████            accompaniment as Porter declares his refusal              ████
 ████            of accepting the insistent squashing of                   ████
 ████            quality, diverse music and culture by a                   ████
 ████            mainstream in favor of disposable, homogenized            ████
 ████            pap. The latter showcases Porter sauntering               ████
 ████            through a finger-popping groove as he croons              ████
 ████            Billy PageÆs lyrics about finally breaking                ████
 ████            into the big leagues of so-called A-listers.              ████
 ████            ôI did this song in a way of being ironic. IÆm            ████
 ████            so inclusive; IÆm so against exclusive                    ████
 ████            groups,ö Porter says, again reflecting on his             ████
 ████            ascending cosmopolitan fame. ôSomeone asked me            ████
 ████            recently if I felt like I was in the æin                  ████
 ████            crowdÆ of jazz. I answered, æyes and no.Æö                ████
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 ████            Liquid Spirit contains two other standards û a            ████
 ████            testifying reading of Abbey Lincoln and Max               ████
 ████            RoachÆs ôLonesome Loverö and a pithy treatment            ████
 ████            of Sammy Cahn and Julie StyneÆs ôI Fall In                ████
 ████            Love Too Easily,ö which features Porter                   ████
 ████            alongside CrawfordÆs gorgeous piano                       ████
 ████            accompaniment and JamesÆ emphatic bass                    ████
 ████            counterpart.  ôOn each record, I try to pull              ████
 ████            something from the people, who deeply                     ████
 ████            influenced me. [ôLonesome LoverÆ] is me giving            ████
 ████            some love to Abbey Lincoln,ö Porter explains.             ████
 ████            Regarding ôI Fall in Love Too Easily,ö he                 ████
 ████            reveals that itÆs just one of those standards             ████
 ████            that speaks to him on a deeply personal level.            ████
 ████            ôI can live in that song. ItÆs a hard song to             ████
 ████            sing but given my personality, IÆm cool being             ████
 ████            vulnerable.ö                                              ████
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 ████            PorterÆs ôheart-on-the-sleevesö lyrics play an            ████
 ████            integral role in his appeal. Somehow heartache            ████
 ████            fuels some of his most winning compositions.              ████
 ████            Such instances happen on the misty-eyed                   ████
 ████            piano-duo ôWater Under Bridges,ö a lament                 ████
 ████            dealing with challenges of shifting past a                ████
 ████            broken relationship. While ôMovinÆö boasts a              ████
 ████            peppy exterior thanks to its funky groove, the            ████
 ████            lyrics tells a different story as the                     ████
 ████            protagonist tries to win back a fleeing lover.            ████
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 ████            Three of Liquid SpiritÆs best yet bruised                 ████
 ████            moments are ôWolf Cry,ö ôBrown Grass,ö and                ████
 ████            ôHey Laura.ö ôWolf Cryö is another piano-voice            ████
 ████            duo as Porter croons from the perspective of              ████
 ████            romantic martyr, who constantly comforts a                ████
 ████            friend, who never reciprocates the amorous                ████
 ████            affections but instead routinely returns to a             ████
 ████            bad relationship. On the somber ballad, ôHey              ████
 ████            Laura,ö Porter, on the brink of breakup, pleas            ████
 ████            for tenderness from a nonresponsive lover,                ████
 ████            while on the melancholy ôBrown Grass,ö Porter             ████
 ████            admits to leaving a solid relationship for                ████
 ████            something that initially seemed more                      ████
 ████            fulfilling but quickly revealed to be the very            ████
 ████            opposite.                                                 ████
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 ████            RomanceÆs sunnier side radiates on PorterÆs               ████
 ████            carefree ôWind Song,ö a subtly whimsical gem              ████
 ████            in which he sings of everlasting love and on              ████
 ████            ôNo Love Dying,ö which deals with the same                ████
 ████            conceit as Porter declares gently about his               ████
 ████            longstanding love regardless of unforeseeable             ████
 ████            bumps in the road. Porter also shares his                 ████
 ████            socio-political insight on the startling                  ████
 ████            ballad ôWhen Love Was King,ö and on the gritty            ████
 ████            jazz-funk workout, ôFree,ö on which Porter                ████
 ████            reflects on the struggles of a working-class              ████
 ████            family that strives to make things better for             ████
 ████            their children.                                           ████
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 ████            Raised in California, PorterÆs mother was a               ████
 ████            minister, and he cites the Bakersfield                    ████
 ████            Southern Gospel sound, as well as his motherÆs            ████
 ████            Nat King Cole record collection, as                       ████
 ████            fundamental influences on his own sound.                  ████
 ████            Porter began singing in small jazz clubs in               ████
 ████            San Diego while attending San Diego State                 ████
 ████            University on a football scholarship, where he            ████
 ████            played outside linebacker. Eventually it was              ████
 ████            music that Porter chose to pursue full-time at            ████
 ████            the encouragement of local musicians including            ████
 ████            his mentor Kamau Kenyatta.                                ████
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 ████            Kenyatta invited Porter to visit him in the               ████
 ████            studio in Los Angeles, where he was producing             ████
 ████            flutist Hubert Laws' album Remembers the                  ████
 ████            Unforgettable Nat King Cole. When Laws                    ████
 ████            overheard Porter singing along while he was               ████
 ████            tracking the Charlie Chaplin song "Smile," he             ████
 ████            was so impressed with the young singer that he            ████
 ████            decided to include Porter on the album.                   ████
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 ████            Another fortunate twist of fate was the                   ████
 ████            presence that day of Laws' sister, Eloise, a              ████
 ████            singer who was soon to join the cast of a new             ████
 ████            musical theater production It Ain't Nothin'               ████
 ████            But the Blues. Porter had minimal theatrical              ████
 ████            experience but was cast in one of the showÆs              ████
 ████            lead roles when the play opened in Denver, and            ████
 ████            he eventually followed it to Off-Broadway and             ████
 ████            then Broadway, where The New York Times, in               ████
 ████            its 1999 rave review, mentioned Porter among              ████
 ████            the show's "powerhouse line up of singers.ö It            ████
 ████            Ain't Nothin' But the Blues went on to earn               ████
 ████            both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations                ████
 ████            that year.                                                ████
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 ████            Porter eventually put down roots in Brooklyn,             ████
 ████            and in 2010 released his debut album Water                ████
 ████            (MotΘma Music), which earned a GRAMMY                     ████
 ████            nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. His                 ████
 ████            sophomore album Be Good (MotΘma Music)                    ████
 ████            followed in 2012 and earned him his second                ████
 ████            GRAMMY nomination for Best Traditional R&B                ████
 ████            Performance.                                              ████
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 ████            Despite having now recorded or shared the                 ████
 ████            stage with the likes of Van Morrison, Wynton              ████
 ████            Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Nicola Conte,                    ████
 ████            Christian McBride, Kenny Barron, Buster                   ████
 ████            Williams and David Murray, Porter remains                 ████
 ████            grounded and humbled by all the new accolades.            ████
 ████            ôSometimes I havenÆt had a chance to absorb               ████
 ████            and enjoy some of the audiences that IÆve been            ████
 ████            in front of, especially some of the icons of              ████
 ████            the music like Wynton and Herbie,ö Porter                 ████
 ████            says, ôAnd they give me so much open-arm love;            ████
 ████            I couldnÆt fathom that two years ago.ö With               ████
 ████            the release of Liquid Spirit, PorterÆs soaring            ████
 ████            career will surely ascend even higher.                    ████
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