- published: 15 Nov 2012
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Gregory Porter is a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor. His debut album, Water, released in 2010 via Motéma Music, was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. He was also a member of the original Broadway cast of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues. His sophomore album, Be Good, which contains many of Porter's compositions, was released on February 14th, 2012, and garnered critical acclaim for both his distinctive singing and his compositions, such as "Be Good (Lion's Song), "Real Good Hands", and "On My Way To Harlem".
Porter was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Bakersfield, California, where his mother was a minister. He attended San Diego State University on a football scholarship until a shoulder injury sidelined him permanently. Performing in local jazz clubs, Porter met saxophonist, pianist, and composer Kamau Kenyatta, whose mentoring played an integral role in Porter's career trajectory and professional development. Kenyatta introduced Gregory to flautist Hubert Laws who, upon hearing Porter singing along to Charlie Chaplin's "Smile", chose to include a bonus track featuring Porter's vocals on his Hubert Laws' Remembers the Unforgettable Nat King Cole (1998). Eloise Laws, Hubert's sister, happened to be visiting the studio, and helped get Porter cast in one of the leading roles in a new musical, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, which premiered at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts before moving to Off-Broadway and ultimately Broadway, in spite of previously having appeared in only one other theatrical work, Avenue X.
Actors: Arthur Mullard (actor), Michael Medwin (actor), Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Arthur Lovegrove (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), James Robertson Justice (actor), Charles Lloyd Pack (actor), Raymond Huntley (actor), Harry Locke (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), John Bennett (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Colin Gordon (actor), Julian Orchard (actor),
Plot: Forsdyke, a pathological petty thief subjects himself to a strict correction course run by a wealthy ex-con Widdowes and his Crooks Anonymous organization. Forsdyke's young and innocent girlfriend Babette, holds the hopes for his recovery and promises that she'll marry him if he'll reform. However, Forsdyke loses control when he's locked in a department store over Christmas.
Keywords: disguise, england, independent-film, larceny, shopliftingYou're holding my life in your hands
shaping me into Your plans
You're twisting and turning my heart 'til it's yearning
for more
Your ways are consuming my thoughts
'til the world that's around me is lost
it's twisted and turning around but i'm learning more
i fight for a long time, then find myself crying for
shelter
but You catch me with false arms
before i ever hit the ground
i'm holding Your grace in my heart
nothing shall tear us apart
no twisting or turning could cover this yearning
or burn this light into dark
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