Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter is one of those voices that makes me believe jazz vocals still have room to grow. Born in Sacramento in 1971, he came up through stage work before breaking through as a singer-songwriter, and that theatrical grounding shows in how he sells a lyric. Two Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Liquid Spirit in 2014 and Take Me to the Alley in 2017, put him among the genre's modern standard-bearers. What I admire is the warmth; his baritone feels lived-in and unhurried rather than showy. He bridges jazz, gospel and soul in a way that pulls in listeners who'd never call themselves jazz fans.

Name (English)

Gregory Porter

Name (Japanese)

グレゴリー・ポーター

Reading

ぐれごりー・ぽーたー

Born

November 4, 1971 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Sacramento, California, United States

Occupation

singer / composer / singer-songwriter / jazz musician / stage actor

High school

Highland High School

• Official sitehttps://www.gregoryporter.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gregoryportermusic/
• Xhttps://x.com/gregoryporter
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20Porter
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3116385

Tags

• California
• singer
• composer
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.