Gregory Porter, Take Me To The Alley (live), SF Jazz, San Francisco, CA, August 2, 2019 (HD)

Gregory Porter sings "Take Me To The Alley" live in concert at a sold-out show at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on August 2, 2019. Take Me To The Alley 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).
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Gregory Porter upcoming live 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
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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.
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Take Me To The Alley lyrics:
Well they gild 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

[@TimBracken]

Thanks for watching my video. I gathered all the videos I shot at this concert in a KZbin playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLwdc0qZNx0taUqsJjIAWqObVuxS37ry2u . The songs are On My Way To Harlem, Take Me To The Alley, Don't Lose Your Steam, Liquid Spirit, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, and Musical Genocide. Enjoy!

[@leolorona4606]

Thank you immensely for sharing your loving evening with this marvelous musical group.

[@p.josephineschulz3540]

Still listening in 2024. Love Gregory and his Gift(s)❤

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

This man sings the Holy Spirit.

[@wandastorey2844]

I listen to this. Song every week so as to stay focus on my Godly mission.

[@janicebourdage3567]

This man moves me to tears every time.

[@ricksnow007]

Every Tivon Pennicott solo is a masterpiece

[@tishaquarles8504]

Still listening in 2022 🌻🌻

[@iamlove113]

Hallelujah!!

[@jcdavidson6580]

From the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland, this is truly magic.

[@davidgoldstein7634]

Man, that is poetry to say out loud. It is a magical song.

[@elcordinho2202]

MAGIC - great band as well... loved the sax!

[@oaor2303]

I saw him live in New Jersey about 3 hours ago. It was musical bliss!!!

[@leolorona4606]

Oh my. I was on Facebook, and a real in person friend had posted a meme/poster about Jesus. This song POPPED and searched KZbin for a link to send him. So hope he gets to see and listen before KZbin or Fbk delete it. Never had heard the spoken intro he gives in this video. Heart. Spirit. Soul. Love.

[@iolawilkins1030]

I love it 💕🙏❤️

[@dm-mx2we]

To Tim Bracken. Brother, the lyric in the first line is "Well, they gild -- gild is to cover very thinly with gold. As the phrase goes, the rich live in a gilded cage. With "gild" the meaning of the song comes to us with even more power. Take care, stay safe everyone.

[@TimBracken]

That's what I get for trusting lyrics from "Genius" (genius.com/Gregory-porter-take-me-to-the-alley-lyrics). You're totally right. I just fixed it. Thanks for that! Cheers, Tim

[@dm-mx2we]

@@TimBracken Tim, that's the beauty of the internet if we think of it as a way of helping each other with positive inputs and comments. Take care, bro. btw are you aware of this concert with full orchestra? So many strings !!! The Metropole Orchestra in the Netherlands. Last time I saw this Orchestra, they were backing Todd Rundgren !!

[@walterkersting9922]

Ty

[@wandajohnson3048]

❤

[@martinobrien7110]

THE MAN .

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YASSSS!

[@theodorethomas9146]

Amazing!

[@sheilarodrigues3219]

lindoooo

[@777morgan3]

t pennicott the main man

[@sfiso4114]

To find out why and how he wrote this😭

[@kelly5198]

Love this King..but for once I'd like to see his self without the hat..I get it it...its now his signature..and I know he's not insecure about the original reason why he first started wearing this..which was a scar to his ear or jaw area..but now ...just let us know you darling..it is what it is..we love us some Porter..so let us enjoy all of your God given glorious self!!

[@w.r.h5633]

I respectfully submit, that Jesus [the Nazarene] wore a seemless tunic, never taking it off - until doing so fulfilled Scriptural prophecy. "Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments (ta himatia) and divided them into four parts, to every soldier a part, and the coat (kai ton chitona). Now the coat was without seam, woven whole from the top down. Therefore, they said among themselves, let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it will become. Thus the saying in Scripture was fulfilled: they divided My raiment (ta imatia) among them, and upon My vesture (epi ton himatismon) did they cast lots. - John 19:23-24; quoting the Septuagint version of Psalm 21 [22]:18-19

[@opapiration]

The reincarnation of Nat King Cole...

[@p.josephineschulz3540]

❤