We’d tell you\u00a0Gregory\u00a0Porter is back, but you probably already knew. You probably felt the earth rumbling, announcing the man’s bone-deep baritone, or you felt the air change as the warmth of his sound filled the atmosphere like a hug from above.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All Rise<\/span><\/i>, Porter\u2019s Grammy\u00ae-nominated sixth studio album, marks a return to original songwriting\u2014heart-on-sleeve lyrics imbued with everyday philosophy and real-life detail, set to a stirring mix of jazz, soul, blues, and gospel. It follows 2017’s\u00a0<\/span>Nat King Cole & Me<\/span><\/i>, a Grammy\u00ae-nominated collection of songs performed or inspired by the legendary Cole. The Grammy\u00ae-stacking star\u2014who’s dined with Stevie Wonder and sung for the Queen of England\u2014remains blue-collar by blood. One of eight siblings raised by a minister mother in a poor part of Bakersfield, the young Porter found his voice both by singing in church and by studying his mother\u2019s Nat King Cole records at home.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Though Porter had an acclaimed role in the original 1999 Broadway cast of\u00a0<\/span>It\u00a0Ain’t\u00a0Nothin’\u00a0But\u00a0the Blues<\/span><\/i>\u2014and staged his own\u00a0<\/span>Nat King Cole & Me<\/span><\/i>\u00a0musical in 2004\u2014it was inevitable that he’d became known for his songs. That was made abundantly clear when both of Porter’s indie albums\u20142010’s\u00a0<\/span>Water\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and 2012’s\u00a0<\/span>Be Good<\/span><\/i>\u2014received Grammy\u00ae nominations, paving the way for his world-beating 2013 Blue Note debut,\u00a0<\/span>Liquid Spirit<\/span><\/i>, which won the Grammy\u00ae for Best Jazz Vocal Album. 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