Gregory Porter, Take Me To The Alley (live), SFJazz, San Francisco, CA, August 2, 2019 (HD)

Gregory Porter sings "Take Me To The Alley" live in concert at a sold-out show at SF Jazz in San Francisco, California on August 2, 2019. The song was the title track on his fourth studio album, released in 2016. Gregory Porter is a two-time Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit, and then in 2017 for Take Me To The Alley. Joining him onstage were Tivon Pennicott (saxophone), Jahmal Nichols (bass), Chip Crawford (piano), Ondrej Pivec (Hammond organ), and Emanuel Harrold (drums).

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Gregory Porter Upcoming Tour Dates:

August 3, 2019 - San Francisco, CA @ SFJazz
August 4, 2019 - San Francisco, CA @ SFJazz
August 8, 2019 - Philadelphia, PA @ Dell East Music Center
August 9, 2019 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Jazz Festival
August 10, 2019 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
November 28, 2019 - Paris, France @ L'Olympia
January 25 - February 1, 2020 - Caribbean Sea @ Blue Note At Sea
February 7, 2020 - Los Angeles, CA @ Royce Hall
February 8, 2020 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
February 10, 2020 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Center
February 28, 2020 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Konzertsaal Tonhalle Maag
March 1, 2020 - Munich, Germany @ Philharmonie Gasteig
March 2, 2020 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Alte Oper
March 3, 2020 - Düsseldorf, Germany @ Tonhalle Düsseldorf
March 5, 2020 - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany @ Konzerthaus Freiburg
March 6, 2020 - Münster, Germany @ Halle Münsterland
March 8, 2020 - Bielefeld, Germany @ Rudolf Oetker Hall
March 9, 2020 - Oldenburg, Germany @ Kongresshalle
March 10, 2020 - Neunkirchen, Germany @ Gebläsehalle Neunkirchen
March 12, 2020 - Braunschweig, Germany @ Stadthalle Braunschweig
March 13, 2020 - Hanover, Germany @ Kuppelsaal
March 15, 2020 - Aachen, Germany @ Eurogress Aachen
March 16, 2020 - Lübeck, Germany @ Musik- und Kongresshalle Lübeck
March 19, 2020 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
April 3, 2020 - North Bethesda, MD @ The Music Center at Strathmore
June 5, 2020 - Nashville, TN @ Schermerhorn Symphony Center

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Gregory Porter's official bio:

A two-time Grammy-winner and six-time nominee, Gregory Porter has undoubtedly become jazz’s most celebrated male vocalist, “a jazz singer of thrilling presence, a booming baritone with a gift for earthy refinement and soaring uplift” (The New York Times). After the success of his 2010 debut Water and follow-up Be Good, Porter broke through to mainstream stardom with his Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit, winning the 2013 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. He repeated the Grammy and chart success of Liquid Spirit with 2016’s Take Me to the Alley, and his 2017 tribute to Nat “King” Cole, Nat “King” Cole & Me, is poised to earn Porter his third Grammy nod.

Raised in the hardscrabble city of Bakersfield, the budding vocalist grew up with seven siblings who all sang and worked in their mother’s skid row mission. A chance encounter led to Porter’s recording debut on Hubert Laws Remembers the Unforgettable Nat King Cole, a 1998 album that earned him an audition for the Broadway-bound musical It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. Growing up around rollicking tent revivals offered ideal training for a revue tracing the history of the blues, and he got the gig. Porter brings the same soul-stirring authority to jazz settings, revealing powerful truths with heart and grace.

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Take Me To The Alley lyrics:

Well they gild their houses in preparation for the king
And they line the sidewalks
With every sort of shiny thing
They will be surprised
When they hear him say

Take me to the alley
Take me to the afflicted ones
Take me to the lonely ones
That somehow lost their way

Let them hear me say
I am your friend
Come to my table
Rest here in my garden
You will have a pardon

Take me to the alley
Take me to the afflicted ones
Take me to the lonely ones
That somehow lost their way

Let them hear me say
I am your friend
Come to my table
Rest here in my garden
You will have a pardon

They will be surprised
When they hear him say

Take me to the alley
Take me to the afflicted ones
Take me to the lonely ones
That somehow lost their way

Let them hear me say
I am your friend
Come to my table
Rest here in my garden
You will have a pardon
You will have a pardon

Take me to the alley
Take me to the afflicted ones
Take me, take me, take me, take me, take me

Written by Gregory Porter

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