Gregory_Porter--Liquid_Spirit-WEB-2013-OMA

Tracklist (M3U)
# Filename Artist Songname Bitrate BPM
1 01-gregory_porter--no_love_dying-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter No Love Dying Unknown Unknown
2 02-gregory_porter--liquid_spirit-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Liquid Spirit Unknown Unknown
3 03-gregory_porter--lonesome_lover-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Lonesome Lover Unknown Unknown
4 04-gregory_porter--water_under_bridges-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Water Under Bridges Unknown Unknown
5 05-gregory_porter--hey_laura-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Hey Laura Unknown Unknown
6 06-gregory_porter--musical_genocide-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Musical Genocide Unknown Unknown
7 07-gregory_porter--wolfcry-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Wolfcry Unknown Unknown
8 08-gregory_porter--free-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Free Unknown Unknown
9 09-gregory_porter--brown_grass-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Brown Grass Unknown Unknown
10 10-gregory_porter--wind_song-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Wind Song Unknown Unknown
11 11-gregory_porter--the_in_crowd-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter The "In" Crowd Unknown Unknown
12 12-gregory_porter--movin-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter Movin' Unknown Unknown
13 13-gregory_porter--when_love_was_king-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter When Love Was King Unknown Unknown
14 14-gregory_porter--i_fall_in_love_too_easily-oma.mp3 Gregory Porter I Fall In Love Too Easily Unknown Unknown
NFO
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P R E S E N T S .···. ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. T R A C K L i S T .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ NR. TRACK. TiME. ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. R E L E A S E N O T E S .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ www.7digital.de ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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 ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ 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. ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ URL: n/a ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. 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