With Be Good singer Gregory Porter fulfills all expectations that arose after his impressive debut Water. With a voice that is reminiscent of great soul singers from the seventies such as Donny Hathaway and Bill Withers, but also carries the subtle Nat King Cole with him, this singer shows with his inseparable cap that he has had a lot of dynamics since then. up. Not so much in the field of loud
… hits, but more in the restrained parts. Porter has not only grown strongly as a singer, his compositional work is very well composed both melodically and lyrically. Deep soul is interspersed with slow flowing jazz with Bling Bling as a hard bop outlier with solid scat vocals. The accompanying lead role again goes to Porter's regular pianist Chip Crawford, who follows the vocal lines with just the right feeling. There is no other way than we will hear a lot from Porter. In any case, he will end up in many end lists of 2012. (AD)more
