Samfuri:Music ratingsTake Me to the Alley shine kundi na hudu na studio ta Gregory Porter, wanda aka saki akan Mayu 6, 2016, ta Blue Note Records . Ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy 2017 don Mafi kyawun Album Vocal na Jazz . [1]
An yi rikodin kundin a Hollywood da New York City tsakanin Satumba da Oktoba 2015. [1] Porter ya yi aiki tare da furodusa Kamau Kenyatta, wanda ya fara aiki tare a tsakiyar shekarun 1990 lokacin yana dalibi a Jami'ar Jihar San Diego . Porter ya lura cewa: "Kamau ya kasance mafi mahimmanci wajen ɗaukar abin da nake da shi da kuma tace shi ... ya yi fice wajen ba da ƙarfafawa ga abin da na riga na samu a fasaha."
... don duk sauƙin sa a kunne, - kuma akwai lokutan sauraron Take Me zuwa Alley yana jin kamar an rufe shi da wani soso na soso - akwai wani abu mai ban mamaki game da kiɗan Porter. Ba ya damu da samarwa mai sheki: Kai Ni zuwa Alley yana da ban mamaki, amma wannan ya rage zuwa ga jin daɗin kundi na da alama an yi rikodin shi cikin kwanaki shida. Haka kuma ba ya shiga cikin rufaffiyar fafutuka na abokantaka na rediyo - babu mai fassarar littafin waƙar Coldplay da ya yi. Shirye-shiryen nasa suna nuna alfahari da tushen bisharar sa - ba nau'in farko da za ku yi tunanin yin fa'ida ba ne kuna da burin samun nasara na yau da kullun. Waƙar take tana ba da misali game da zuwan Kristi na biyu, tsananinsa da rashin jituwa da wasan piano na pacific da kuma muryar matashin kai na Alicia Olatuja; "A cikin Sama" yana lalata ƙananan sa'o'i ƙauna na busa ƙahonsa tare da waƙar ɗan uwan Porter game da mutuwa da fansa. [2]
Duk waƙoƙin da Gregory Porter ya rubuta, sai dai inda aka lura. [3] Shirye-shiryen Porter, Chip Crawford da Kamau Kenyatta, ƙahonin Kenyatta da Keyon Harrold suka shirya.