Take Me To The Alley doesn't break new frontiers for Porter, nor for the genre delimiter he's said to represent, but those aren't the aesthetic ideals it seeks to reach.

His 2016 follow-up “Take Me To The Alley” won Porter his second GRAMMY for Best Vocal Jazz Album and firmly established him as his generation's most soulful jazz singer-songwriter.

Now a two-time Grammy winner with albums like “Take Me To The Alley” and the uplifting “ALL RISE,” Porter continues to push jazz forward while carrying the torch of legends like Lou Rawls ...

His 2016 follow-up Take Me To The Alley won Porter his second GRAMMY for Best Vocal Jazz Album and firmly established him as his generation’s most soulful jazz singer-songwriter.

Porter grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., one of eight children with an absent father. Young Gregory got his social conscience from his mother Ruth, a preacher who ministered to the poorest and neediest.

The first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit (the Blue Note released album landing at number two on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart) and then again in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley.

His 2016 follow-up Take Me To The Alley won Porter his second Grammy® for Best Vocal Jazz Album and firmly established him as his generation’s most soulful jazz singer-songwriter.

His follow-up Take Me To The Alley secured a second GRAMMY, confirming his position as his generation's most soulful jazz artist. Drawing inspiration from his roots in Southern Gospel and the ...