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- 61 min
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13 tracks · 61 min
Gregory Porter has the kind of warm, enveloping voice that just seems to flow forever on his sixth studio album, 2020's buoyantly sophisticated All Rise! It's a sound that has earned him heaps of well-earned critical praise, not to mention six Grammy Award nominations, including wins for 2013's Liquid Spirit and 2016's Take Me to the Alley. Following his urbane 2017 tribute album Nat King Cole & Me, Porter returns to his original, crossover blend of vintage-inspired soul, jazz, and pop with All Rise! Joining him is British producer Troy Miller, who has helmed similarly genre-bending albums by Emeli Sande, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, and others. Also producing a handful of tracks is Kamau Kenyatta, who has worked on all of Porter's previous albums. Returning is Porter's longtime quartet featuring pianist Chip Crawford, bassist Jahmal Nichols, drummer Emanuel Harrold, and saxophonist Tivon Pennicott. They are augmented at various times by a horn section, a vocal choir, and on several tracks, the London Symphony Orchestra Strings. Thankfully, Miller and Kenyatta know exactly where and how to frame Porter, never getting in his way but adding just the right amount of organic textures and…