February 23 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall | Tickets start at $50*
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Gregory Porter was raised in Bakersfield, California, and he cites the Bakersfield Southern gospel sound, as well as his mother’s Nat King Cole record collection, as fundamental influences on his own sound. In 2013, he released his breakout Blue Note debut, Liquid Spirit, which sold more than a million copies and earned Porter his first Grammy Award, with NPR declaring him “America’s next great jazz singer.” Concertgoers can expect to hear a selection of material from across Porter’s Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning albums.
Jazz Roots is generously supported by Baldwin Richardson Foods Co., PNC Bank, Steinway & Sons, Alan and Diane Lieberman, Quint Family Foundation and Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc. with additional support from 88.9 WDNA and WLRN.
