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). ========================================== 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 ================================================ 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. ================================================== Take Me To The Alley lyrics: Well they build 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