Saturday, Mar 01, 2014
With a recent Grammy win and rave reviews for his live shows and three albums, American singer and songwriter Gregory Porter is one of the fastest rising names in the jazz world today.
Critics have compared him with past greats such as Nat King Cole and Bill Withers. Still, Porter, 42, is not letting it go to his head.
"You have to be careful with all the praise because I can only be myself and continue to be myself. At some point, I'll do something the jazz or music media doesn't like, but I have to continue to be me," he tells Life! in a telephone interview from his home in Brooklyn.
"And that's all I can be. I'll just continue to be organic with the music I make and that's enough for me. I am thankful for the strong reviews and comparisons to the masters I've listened to my entire life. They're amazing compliments, but I'm going to continue to be grounded, and just make music I'm hearing in my heart."
His third album, Liquid Spirit, won the Best Jazz Vocal Album prize at the Grammy Awards last month - his first Grammy win. Before that, his debut album Water (2010) was nominated in the same category at the 2011 Grammys while his sophomore album, Be Good (2012), was nominated in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category last year.
Read more: http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/singapore-international-jazz-festival-2014-tunes-heart
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