Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (CD) charlottespicks 17/10/25 The album is his first

The album is his first studio release

The first existential crisis leading to my first psychotherapy appointment trying to understand if it was just growing pains leading to a better version of myself or worthless suffering

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The producer’s hand is prominent — not least in the sampled “yeah”s and “uh”s that give the album a hip-hop-indebted confidence — and many of the songs feature the 4/4 beats and deftly employed effects usually associated with house music

Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (CD) charlottespicks 17/10/25 The album is his firstUS singer Gregory Porter, a jazz festival favourite with a sumptuous voice, is the kind of newcomer who makes the remaining handful of major label jazz execs breathe sighs of relief. Porter sounds great, engages with audiences, and sings songs you can go away humming and he's sentimental, which puts off hardcore jazzers but hooks a big slice of everybody else. Liquid Spirit is Porter's debut for Blue Note, and its title track is the kind of gospelly,