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Also known as Greg Porter

American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor

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  • Skip-A-Roo and the Magic Guitar
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  • Nat "King" Cole & me

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1971-11-04
bluescontemporary jazzeasy listeninggospeljazzneo soul

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Listeners
440,953
Total plays
6,442,873

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Gregory Porter (born November 4, 1971)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley.[2] Gregory Porter was born in Sacramento and was raised in Bakersfield, California, where his mother was a minister. A 1989 graduate of Highland High School, he received a "full-ride" (tuition, books, medical coverage, and living expenses) athletic scholarship as a football lineman to San Diego S

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Gregory
Family name
Porter
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Sacramento
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.gregoryporter.com
Image
Gregory Porter Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2018 (191917).jpg
Work location
Brooklyn
Voice type
baritone
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date of birth
1971-11-04
influenced by
Nat King Cole
Commons category
Gregory Porter
start of work period
1998-00-00
social media followers
291000
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