release date: Sep. 12, 2014
format: digital (12 x File, MP3)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: various
label: Membran - nationality: USA
Compilation album by Gregory Porter is not a best of collection but more of a look back on his career and what lay ahead of his Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit (2013). Yes, he did release two albums before that, and this is not simply emphasising these recordings but it's more of a revisit to his performances with other artists, which count five songs with Zbonics, four songs with David Murray Infinity Quartet, and one song with Paul Zauner's Blue Brass, one song with Opolopo, and one song with Brian Jackson. For those who think Porter is more of a standards vocalist, this selection dwells on his bolder vocal jazz performances with stress on jazz.
