Gregory Porter (amuru na Nọvemba 4, 1971) bu onye America na-abụ abụ, onye na-ede abụ, na onye na-eme ihe nkiri. Na 2014 ọ meriri ihe nrite Grammy maka Best Jazz Vocal Album maka 'Liquid Spirit' na na 2017 maka 'Kuru M gaa n'okporo ụzọ'.
Gregory Porter mụrụ na Sacramento wee zụlite na Bakersfield, California; nne ya bụ onye ozi.
Ọ bụ onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Highland High School na 1989 ebe ọ nwetara akwụkwọ mmụta egwuregwu oge niile (akwụkwọ, akwụkwọ mkpuchi ahụike, na mmefu ndụ) dị ka onye egwuregwu bọọlụ na Mahadum San Diego State, mana merụrụ ahụ ubu n'oge ọzụzụ ya wee kwụsị ya. ọrụ football.
Mgbe ọ dị afọ 21, ọrịa cancer nwụnahụrụ Porter nne ya. Ọ bụ ya gwara ya ka ọ na-anọ ebe ahụ mgbe niile wee bụrụ: “Bụ abụ, nwa ọhụrụ, bụrụ abụ!”
Oge nwata na ọrụ mmalite
Porter kwagara Bedford-Stuyvesant na Brooklyn na 2004 ya na nwanne ya nwoke Lloyd. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi nri na Lloyd's Bread-Stuy (nke akwụrụ ugbu a), ebe ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye na-egwu egwu.
Porter rụrụ n'ebe ndị ọzọ dị na agbataobi, gụnyere Sista's Place na Solomon's Porch, mana mechara kwaga Harlem's St. Nick's Pub, ebe ọ na-eme ihe kwa izu.
Porter nwere ụmụnne asaa. Nne ya, bụ́ Rut, nwere mmetụta dị ukwuu ná ndụ ya, na-agba ya ume ka ọ bụrụ abụ na chọọchị mgbe ọ ka dị obere. Nna ya, bụ́ Rufọs, anọghị ya ná ndụ ya.
Porter kwuru, sị: “Onye ọ bụla nwere nsogbu na nna ha, ọ bụrụgodị na ọ nọ n’ụlọ. Nsogbu kasịnụ bụ n'ihi na ọ dịghị njikọ mmetụta uche na ya. Nna m anọghịkwa ná ndụ m. Naanị ụbọchị ole na ole ka m gụrụ ya okwu ná ndụ m. Ma nke ahụ abụghị ihe m ga-achọ. O yighị ka o nwechaghị mmasị ịnọ ya.”
Albums na ihe nrite
Porter weputara ọba abụọ na akara Motéma na Membran Entertainment Group, Water's 2010 na Bụrụ Ezi 2012, tupu ịbanye na Blue Note Records (n'okpuru Universal Music Group) na Mee 17, 2013.
E wepụtara album Liquid Spirit ya nke atọ na Septemba 2, 2013 na Europe na Septemba 17, 2013 na US.
Brian Bacchus mere album a ma nwetakwa Grammy 2014 maka Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Ebe ọ bụ na mpụta mbụ ya na 2010 na akara Motéma, Porter anabatala nke ọma na egwu egwu.
Ahọpụtara album mbụ ya bụ Water maka Best Jazz Vocal na 53rd Kwa Afọ Grammy Awards.
Ọ bụkwa onye so na ihe ngosi Broadway mbụ Ọ bụghị A Trifle, Mana A Blues.
Ndekọ ya nke abụọ, Be Good, nke nwere ọtụtụ ihe egwu Porter, nwetara otuto dị egwu maka abụ mbinye aka ya na ihe ndị o mere dị ka "Bụrụ Mma (Abụ Ọdụm)", "Ezigbo Aka Dị Mma" na "N'ụzọ M na-aga Harlem.
Ahọpụtakwara egwu egwu aha maka "arụmọrụ ọdịnala kacha mma nke R&B" na 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Mgbe ewepụtara akwụkwọ egwu Liquid Spirit, New York Times kọwara Porter dị ka "onye na-agụ jazz nwere ọnụnọ na-adọrọ adọrọ, baritone na-eto eto nwere onyinye maka izu oke na ịrị elu meteoric."
Maka ihu ọha, Porter na-eyikarị okpu nke yiri okpu ịchụ nta Bekee nke nwere akwa na-ekpuchi ntị na agba dị ka Balaclava.
N'ajụjụ ọnụ Jazzweekly.com nke George W. Harris gbara na Nọvemba 3, 2012, mgbe a jụrụ ya "Gịnị bụ okpu dị egwu na nke pụrụ iche?" Porter zara ya, sị, “Enwere m ntakịrị ịwa ahụ na akpụkpọ ahụ m, nke ahụ bụ ihu m nwa oge. Mana n'ụzọ dị ịtụnanya, ndị mmadụ na-echeta m site na ya wee mata ya site na okpu a. Nke a bụ ihe ga-anọnyere m ogologo oge.”
Mmụọ Liquid nwere ọganiihu azụmahịa nke ọba jazz na-enwetabeghị. Ndekọ a ruru n'elu 10 na UK jazz album chaatị n'otu oge na BPI kwadoro ọla edo, na-ere ihe karịrị 100 nkeji na UK.
N'August 2014, Porter wepụtara "The In In Crowd" dị ka otu.
Na May 9, 2015, Porter sonyere na VE Day 70: A Party to Remember, ihe nkiri ncheta televishọn sitere na Horse Guards Parade na London, na-abụ "Olee Otú Oge Na-aga".
E wepụtara album ya nke anọ Take Me to the Alley na Mee 6, 2016. Na UK The Guardian, ọ bụ album Alexis Petridis nke izu.
Na June 26, 2016, Porter rụrụ na ọkwa Pyramid na Ememme Glastonbury 2016.
Neil McCormick kwuru, sị: "Jazzer a dị n'etiti nwere ike ịbụ kpakpando pop kasị dị egwu na mbara ala, ma ọ na-eme ka ụdị a dị ọhụrụ, n'ihi na akụkụ kachasị mkpa maka ekele egwu kwesịrị ịbụ ntị mgbe niile. Porter nwekwara otu olu kacha dị mfe na egwu ewu ewu, baritone na-acha ude nke na-eru oke ma dịkwa larịị n'elu egwu bara ụba. Ọ bụ olu na-eme ka ị chọọ ịracha egbugbere ọnụ gị na-ege ntị ma gee egwu ya.”
Albums na ihe ngosi nso nso a
Na Septemba 2016, Porter rụrụ na Radio 2 Live na Hyde Park si Hyde Park, London.
O kwekwara ka ọ pụta na ụtụ ụmụaka nọ na mkpa BBC kwa afọ nye Sir Terry Vaughan, onye nabatara ya n'afọ ndị gara aga ma bụrụ onye na-akwado Porter.
Na Jenụwarị 2017, Porter mere "Jide" na ihe ngosi BBC One's The Graham Norton.
Obere oge ka e mesịrị, na Ọktoba 2017, ọ bịakwara na BBC One's The Graham Norton Show na Jeff Goldblum wee mee "Mona Lisa" na piano.
Ndụ onwe onye
Ọ lụrụ Victoria na ha nwere nwa nwoke, Demyan. Ụlọ ha dị na Bakersfield, California.
Ha alụwo di na nwunye ruo ogologo oge, ọ dịghị ozi ọ bụla kpọmkwem, n'ihi na onye na-egwu egwú na-ahọrọ ka ọ ghara ikpughe ma kesaa ozi dị ntakịrị.
Ma ọ bụrụ na i soro di na nwunye ahụ, ị ga-ahụ na ha nwere obi ụtọ ma na-azụ ezigbo nwa, ikekwe oge eruola ịmalite nke abụọ.
Eziokwu Gregory Porter na-atọ ụtọ:
- Ọ kwụsịrị ọrụ na-ekwe nkwa dị ka onye egwuregwu bọọlụ America n'ihi mmerụ ahụ.
- Ọrụ mbụ ya bụ Jazz FM. Ọ na-etinye aka na izipu ozi-e, fax na mpempe akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ.
- Ya na Eloise Lowes rụkọrọ ọrụ, nwanne nwanyị onye omenkà ama ama jazz-funk Ronnie, na ihe ngosi egwu tupu ọ dekọọ ọba mbụ ya.
- Na 1999, ọ rụrụ a miri emi album nke Theflon Dons akpọ Echi People.
- Ruo mgbe ọ ghọrọ onye na-eme ihe nkiri oge nile, Gregory bụ ọkachamara na-esi nri na Brooklyn. Ofe bụ efere mbinye aka ya, ụmụ nwanyị nọ n'agbata obi ka na-abịakwute ya na-ajụ mgbe ọ na-ezube ime ofe chili India a ma ama!
