Gregory Porter (an Haife shi Nuwamba 4, 1971) mawaƙin Ba'amurke ne, marubuci kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. A cikin 2014 ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy don Mafi kyawun Album Vocal na 'Liquid Spirit' da kuma a cikin 2017 don 'Take Ni zuwa Alley'.
An haifi Gregory Porter a Sacramento kuma ya girma a Bakersfield, California; mahaifiyarsa minista ce.
Ya kammala karatunsa na Highland High School a 1989 inda ya sami cikakken gurbin karatu na motsa jiki (ilimi, littattafai, inshorar lafiya, da kuɗin rayuwa) a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Jami'ar Jihar San Diego, amma ya sami rauni a kafada yayin horo kuma ya katse shi. aikin kwallon kafa.
Yana da shekaru 21, Porter ya rasa mahaifiyarsa saboda ciwon daji. Ita ce ta tambaye shi ya ci gaba da kasancewa a wurin kuma ya rera waƙa: “Rera, baby, rera!”
Yarantaka da fara aiki
Porter ya koma Bedford-Stuyvesant a Brooklyn a cikin 2004 tare da ɗan'uwansa Lloyd. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai dafa abinci a Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (yanzu ya ƙare), inda kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mawaƙa.
Porter ya yi a wasu wuraren da ke unguwar, ciki har da Sista's Place da Solomon's Porch, amma daga bisani ya koma Harlem's St. Nick's Pub, inda yake yin wasan mako-mako.
Porter yana da 'yan'uwa bakwai. Mahaifiyarsa, Ruth, ta kasance babban tasiri a rayuwarsa, kuma tana ƙarfafa shi ya rera waƙa a coci tun yana ƙarami. Mahaifinsa, Rufus, ba ya nan a rayuwarsa.
Porter ya ce: “Kowa yana da matsala da mahaifinsa, ko da yana gidan. Babban matsalolin sun kasance saboda kasancewar babu wata alaƙa da motsin rai a tare da shi. Kuma mahaifina kawai ba ya nan a rayuwata. Na yi magana da shi na 'yan kwanaki a rayuwata. Kuma ba shine abin da nake so ba. Da alama bai cika sha'awar zama a kusa ba."
Albums da kyaututtuka
Porter ya fitar da kundi guda biyu akan lakabin Motéma tare da Membran Entertainment Group, Water's 2010 da Be Good 2012, kafin sanya hannu tare da Blue Note Records (a ƙarƙashin Ƙungiyar Kiɗa ta Duniya) akan Mayu 17, 2013.
Kundin sa na uku an fitar da Liquid Spirit a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 2013 a Turai da Satumba 17, 2013 a Amurka.
Brian Bacchus ne ya samar da kundin kuma ya lashe kyautar Grammy na 2014 don Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Tun lokacin da ya fara halarta a cikin 2010 akan lakabin Motéma, Porter ya sami karbuwa sosai a cikin latsa kiɗan.
Kundin sa na halarta na farko an zabi Ruwa don Mafi kyawun Jazz Vocal a Kyautar Grammy na Shekara-shekara na 53.
Ya kuma kasance memba na asali na nunin Broadway Ba Trifle ba ne, Amma A Blues.
Kundin sa na biyu, Be Good, wanda ya ƙunshi yawancin abubuwan da Porter ya yi, ya sami yabo mai mahimmanci ga duka waƙar sa hannun sa da abubuwan da ya tsara kamar su "Ka kasance Mai Kyau (Waƙar Zaki)", "Hanyoyi Masu Kyau na Gaskiya" da "Akan Hanyara zuwa Harlem.
An kuma zaɓi waƙar take don "Kyakkyawan Ayyukan Gargajiya Na R&B" a Kyautar Grammy na 55th Annual Grammy.
Lokacin da aka saki kundi na Liquid Spirit, New York Times ya bayyana Porter a matsayin "mawaƙin jazz tare da kasancewarsa mai ban sha'awa, haɓakar baritone tare da kyauta don kamala da ƙarfin kuzari."
Don fitowar jama'a, Porter koyaushe yana sanya hula mai kama da hular farauta ta Ingilishi mai yadudduka mai rufe kunnuwa da haɓo kamar Balaclava.
A cikin wata hira da Jazzweekly.com ta George W. Harris a kan Nuwamba 3, 2012, lokacin da aka tambaye shi "Menene tare da m da kuma sabon abu hula?" Porter ya amsa da cewa, “An yi mini tiyata kadan a fata ta, don haka fuskata na dan wani lokaci. Amma abin ban mamaki, mutane suna tunawa da ni da ita kuma suna gane ta da wannan hular. Wannan wani abu ne da zai dade a wurina.”
Liquid Spirit ya ji daɗin nasarar kasuwanci da ba kasafai ake samu ta kundin jazz ba. Wannan kundin ya kai saman 10 akan jadawalin kundi na jazz na Burtaniya a lokaci guda kuma BPI ta ba da shaidar zinare, yana sayar da raka'a 100 a Burtaniya.
A watan Agusta 2014, Porter ya fito da "The In Crowd" a matsayin guda.
A ranar 9 ga Mayu, 2015, Porter ya shiga cikin VE Day 70: Jam'iyyar da za a Tuna, wani taron tunawa da gidan talabijin daga Horse Guards Parade a London, yana rera "Yadda Lokaci ke tafiya".
Kundin sa na huɗu Take Me to the Alley an fitar dashi a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 2016. A cikin The Guardian na Burtaniya, kundi na mako ne Alexis Petridis.
A ranar 26 ga Yuni, 2016, Porter ya yi a kan Matakin Dala a Bikin Glastonbury na 2016.
Neil McCormick ya ce: "Wannan jazzer mai matsakaicin shekaru na iya zama mafi kyawun tauraro a duniya, amma yana sanyaya wannan salon, saboda mafi mahimmancin sashin da ake yaba wa kiɗa ya kamata ya zama kunnuwa. Kuma Porter yana da ɗaya daga cikin mafi sauƙaƙan muryoyin a cikin mashahurin kiɗan, maɗaukakin baritone mai kauri wanda ke gudana cikin kauri da santsi akan waƙar arziki. Murya ce ke sa ka so ka lasa baki da saurare da sauraron waƙarsa.”
Albums da wasan kwaikwayo na baya-bayan nan
A cikin Satumba 2016, Porter ya yi wasan kwaikwayo a Rediyo 2 Live a Hyde Park daga Hyde Park, London.
Ya kuma amince da fitowa a cikin karramawar yara na BBC na shekara-shekara ga Sir Terry Vaughan, wanda ya karbi bakuncin shi a shekarun baya kuma ya kasance mai son Porter.
A cikin Janairu 2017, Porter ya yi "Hold On" a BBC One's The Graham Norton Show.
Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, a cikin Oktoba 2017, shi ma ya sauka akan Nunin The Graham Norton na BBC One tare da Jeff Goldblum kuma ya yi "Mona Lisa" akan piano.
Rayuwar mutum
Ya auri Victoria kuma suna da ɗa, Demyan. Gidansu yana Bakersfield, California.
Sun yi aure na dogon lokaci, babu takamaiman bayani, saboda mawaƙin ya fi son kada ya bayyana kuma ya raba bayanan kaɗan.
Amma idan ka bi ma’auratan, za ka ga cewa suna farin ciki kuma suna renon ɗa mai ban sha’awa, wataƙila lokaci ya yi da za su soma na biyu.
Abubuwan Ban sha'awa na Gregory Porter:
- Ya kawo karshen aiki mai ban sha'awa a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa na Amurka saboda rauni.
- Aikinsa na farko shine Jazz FM. Ya tsunduma cikin aika imel, faxes da sauran takardu.
- Ya yi aiki tare da Eloise Lowes, 'yar'uwar fitaccen ɗan wasan jazz-funk Ronnie, akan wasan kwaikwayo na kida kafin yin rikodin kundin sa na farko.
- A cikin 1999, ya yi wani babban kundi na Theflon Dons mai suna Gobe People.
- Har zuwa zama cikakken ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, Gregory ƙwararren mai dafa abinci ne a Brooklyn. Miya ce tasa hannu, matan unguwar har yanzu suna zuwa suna tambayarsa yaushe ya shirya yin wasu fitattun miyar chili na Indiya!
