Gregory Porter “On My Way To Harlem” Live (video)
Posted on March 22, 2012
Harlem World
Grammy Nominated for ‘Best Jazz Vocal CD’ in the 56th Annual Gramy Awards Gregory Porter got into songwriting because his mother was a minister, he says, and his latest album, Be Good, is mostly originals.
“Melodies, lyrics, thoughts come to me in the most average of places … when I’m birdwatching, which I like to do,” Porter said on WNYC’s Soundcheck. “When I watch children walking to school, I’m inspired and I can hear music to their little footsteps and I can hear music to my broken heart sometimes.”
In the video Porter sings “On My Way To Harlem,” live.
Born in Los Angeles, and now living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. A frequent guest performer with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Porter also maintains a long-standing residency at Harlem’s venerable St. Nick’s Pub, and performs internationally. “I’ve been to Russia about 17 times,” says Porter. “I now can make a mean borscht.”
Harlem World
Grammy Nominated for ‘Best Jazz Vocal CD’ in the 56th Annual Gramy Awards Gregory Porter got into songwriting because his mother was a minister, he says, and his latest album, Be Good, is mostly originals.
“Melodies, lyrics, thoughts come to me in the most average of places … when I’m birdwatching, which I like to do,” Porter said on WNYC’s Soundcheck. “When I watch children walking to school, I’m inspired and I can hear music to their little footsteps and I can hear music to my broken heart sometimes.”
In the video Porter sings “On My Way To Harlem,” live.
Born in Los Angeles, and now living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. A frequent guest performer with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Porter also maintains a long-standing residency at Harlem’s venerable St. Nick’s Pub, and performs internationally. “I’ve been to Russia about 17 times,” says Porter. “I now can make a mean borscht.”
