ʻO Gregory Porter (hānau ʻia ʻo Nowemapa 4, 1971) he mea mele ʻAmelika, haku mele, a me ka mea hana. Ma 2014 ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Grammy Award no Best Jazz Vocal Album no 'Liquid Spirit' a ma 2017 no 'Take Me to the Alley'.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Gregory Porter ma Sacramento a hānai ʻia ma Bakersfield, Kaleponi; he kuhina kona makuahine.
He haumāna puka kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo 1989 Highland kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia kahi haʻawina haʻuki holoʻokoʻa (kumu, puke, ʻinikua olakino, a me nā lilo ola) ma ke ʻano he pâʻani pôpeku ma ke Kulanui ʻo San Diego State, akā ua loaʻa ʻo ia i kahi hōʻeha poʻohiwi i ka wā o kāna aʻo ʻana a hoʻopau i kāna. ʻoihana pōpeku.
I ka makahiki 21, ua nalowale ʻo Porter i kona makuahine i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO ia ka mea i noi iā ia e noho mau ma laila a hīmeni: "E mele, pēpē, hīmeni!"
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka hana mua
Ua neʻe ʻo Porter i Bedford-Stuyvesant ma Brooklyn ma 2004 me kona kaikaina ʻo Lloyd. Ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he chef ma Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (i kēia manawa ua make), kahi i hana ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila.
Ua hoʻokani ʻo Porter ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kaiāulu, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Sista's Place a me Solomona's Porch, akā ua neʻe hope i Harlem's St. ʻO Nick's Pub, kahi āna i hana ai i kēlā me kēia pule.
ʻEhiku mau kaikaina ʻo Porter. ʻO kona makuahine, ʻo Ruta, he mana nui i kona ola, e paipai ana iā ia e hīmeni i ka hale pule i kona wā ʻōpiopio. ʻO kona makuakāne, ʻo Rufus, ʻaʻole nui i kona ola.
'Ōleloʻo Porter: "Ua pilikia nā kānaka a pau me ko lākou makuakāne, ināʻo ia i loko o ka hale. ʻO nā pilikia nui loa ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻole o ka pilina pili me ia. A ua haʻalele wale koʻu makuakāne i koʻu ola. Ua kamaʻilio wale wau iā ia no kekahi mau lā o koʻu ola. A ʻaʻole ia kaʻu makemake. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i makemake nui e noho a puni. "
Nā album a me nā makana
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Porter i ʻelua album ma ka lepili Motéma me Membran Entertainment Group, Water's 2010 a me Be Good 2012, ma mua o ke kau inoa ʻana me Blue Note Records (ma lalo o Universal Music Group) ma Mei 17, 2013.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album ʻekolu ʻo Liquid Spirit ma Kepakemapa 2, 2013 ma ʻEulopa a me Kepakemapa 17, 2013 ma US.
Ua hana ʻia ka album e Brian Bacchus a ua lanakila pū ʻo ia i ka 2014 Grammy no Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana ma 2010 ma ka lepili Motéma, ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Porter ma ka paʻi mele.
Ua koho ʻia kāna album mua ʻo Water no Best Jazz Vocal ma ka 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
He lālā ʻo ia o ka hōʻike Broadway kumu ʻAʻole ia he Trifle, akā he Blues.
ʻO kāna album ʻelua, ʻo Be Good, kahi i loaʻa i ka nui o nā haku mele a Porter, ua loaʻa i ka hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi no kāna mele pūlima a me kāna mau mele e like me "Be Good (Lion's Song)", "Real Good Hands" a me "On My Way to Harlem.
Ua koho ʻia ke mele poʻo inoa no "The Best Traditional Performance of R&B" ma ka 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
I ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka album Liquid Spirit, ua wehewehe ka New York Times iā Porter "he mele jazz me kahi hiʻohiʻona nani, kahi baritone booming me kahi makana no ka hemolele a me ka piʻi meteoric."
No nā hiʻohiʻona lehulehu, ʻaʻahu mau ʻo Porter i ka pāpale e like me ka pāpale hahai holoholona Pelekane me ka lole e uhi ana i nā pepeiao a me ka ʻauwae e like me ka Balaclava.
Ma kahi ninaninau me Jazzweekly.com na George W. Harris ma Nowemapa 3, 2012, i nīnau ʻia "He aha ka mea me ka pāpale ʻano ʻē aʻe?" Pane maila ʻo Porter, “He ʻoki liʻiliʻi koʻu ma koʻu ʻili, no laila, ʻo koʻu helehelena ia no kekahi manawa. Akā ʻo ka mea kupanaha, hoʻomanaʻo ka poʻe iaʻu ma ia mea a hoʻomaopopo iā ia ma kēia pāpale. He mea kēia e noho lōʻihi me aʻu.
Ua hauʻoli ʻo Liquid Spirit i kahi kūleʻa pāʻoihana i loaʻa ʻole ʻia e nā album jazz. Ua hōʻea kēia album i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma ka UK jazz album charts i ka manawa hoʻokahi a ua hōʻoia ʻia ke gula e ka BPI, e kūʻai aku ana ma luna o 100 mau ʻāpana ma UK.
I ʻAukake 2014, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Porter iā "The In In Crowd" ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi.
Ma Mei 9, 2015, ua komo ʻo Porter i ka VE Day 70: A Party to Remember, he ʻaha mele hoʻomanaʻo televised mai ka Horse Guards Parade ma Lākana, e hīmeni ana "How Time Goes".
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album ʻehā ʻo Take Me to the Alley ma Mei 6, 2016. Ma ka UK's The Guardian, ʻo ia ka album a Alexis Petridis o ka pule.
Ma Iune 26, 2016, ua hana ʻo Porter ma ka Pyramid Stage ma ka 2016 Glastonbury Festival.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Neil McCormick: “ʻO kēia jazzer waena paha ka hōkū pop ʻē aʻe ma ka honua, akā hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo ia i kēia ʻano, no ka mea, ʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi no ka mahalo mele ʻo ia ka pepeiao. A ʻo Porter kekahi o nā leo maʻalahi loa i nā mele kaulana, he baritone momona e kahe mānoanoa a maʻalahi ma luna o kahi mele waiwai. He leo ia e makemake ai e palu i kou mau lehelehe a hoʻolohe a hoʻolohe i kāna mele."
Nā album a me nā hana hana hou
I Kepakemapa 2016, hoʻokani ʻo Porter ma ka Radio 2 Live ma Hyde Park mai Hyde Park, Lākana.
Ua ʻae pū ʻo ia e hōʻike ʻia ma ka makahiki BBC Children in Need tribute to Sir Terry Vaughan, nāna i hoʻokipa iā ia i nā makahiki i hala a he mea aloha ʻo Porter.
I Ianuali 2017, hana ʻo Porter i ka "Hold On" ma ka BBC One's The Graham Norton Show.
Ma hope iki, i ʻOkakopa 2017, ua pae ʻo ia ma BBC One's The Graham Norton Show me Jeff Goldblum a hoʻokani ʻo "Mona Lisa" ma ka piano.
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ua male ʻo ia iā Victoria a he keiki kāne kā lāua ʻo Demyan. Aia ko lākou home ma Bakersfield, Kaleponi.
Ua male lākou no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻaʻohe ʻike kikoʻī, no ka mea makemake ka mea hoʻokani mele ʻaʻole e hōʻike a kaʻana i ka ʻike liʻiliʻi.
Akā inā ʻoe e hahai i ka male, ʻike ʻoe ua hauʻoli lāua a ke hānai nei i kahi keikikāne maikaʻi, ʻo ia paha ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai i ka lua.
ʻO Gregory Porter ʻoiaʻiʻo hoihoi:
- Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana hoʻohiki ma ke ʻano he pâʻani pôpeku ʻAmelika ma muli o kahi ʻeha.
- ʻO kāna hana mua me Jazz FM. Ua hana ʻo ia i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā leka uila, nā fax a me nā ʻāpana pepa ʻē aʻe.
- Ua hana pū ʻo ia me Eloise Lowes, ke kaikuahine o ka mea pena mele jazz-funk kaulana ʻo Ronnie, ma ke kahua mele ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāna album mua.
- Ma 1999, hana ʻo ia i kahi album hohonu na Theflon Dons i kapa ʻia ʻo Tomorrow People.
- A hiki i ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻokani piha, ʻo Gregory he chef ʻoihana ma Brooklyn. ʻO ka sopa kāna kīʻaha pūlima, a ke hele mai nei nā wahine o ke kaiāulu iā ia e nīnau ana i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai ʻo ia e hana hou i kāna sopa chili kaulana ʻo India!
