Gregory_Porter--Be_Good-WEB-2012-OMA

Tracklist (M3U)
# Filename Artist Songname Bitrate BPM
1 01-gregory_porter--painted_on_canvas-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Painted On Canvas Unknown Unknown
2 02-gregory_porter--be_good_(lions_song)-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Be Good (Lion's Song) Unknown Unknown
3 03-gregory_porter--on_my_way_to_harlem-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter On My Way To Harlem Unknown Unknown
4 04-gregory_porter--real_good_hands-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Real Good Hands Unknown Unknown
5 05-gregory_porter--the_way_you_want_to_live-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter The Way You Want To Live Unknown Unknown
6 06-gregory_porter--when_did_you_learn-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter When Did You Learn Unknown Unknown
7 07-gregory_porter--imitation_of_life-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Imitation Of Life Unknown Unknown
8 08-gregory_porter--mothers_song-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Mother's Song Unknown Unknown
9 09-gregory_porter--our_love-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Our Love Unknown Unknown
10 10-gregory_porter--bling_bling-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Bling Bling Unknown Unknown
11 11-gregory_porter--work_song-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Work Song Unknown Unknown
12 12-gregory_porter--god_bless_the_child-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter God Bless The Child Unknown Unknown
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P R E S E N T S .···. ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ Gregory Porter - Be Good ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. T R A C K L i S T .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ NR. TRACK. TiME. ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ 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 ████ ████ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ████ ████ TOTAL: 62:05 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. R E L E A S E N O T E S .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ www.soulseduction.com ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ sense of musical camaraderie that resulted in ████ ████ a strong in-studio collaboration. ████ ████ ████ ████ "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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ perspective on the music. I want listeners to ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ URL: n/a ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. 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