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Jazz star Gregory Porter on Revelin Fort Terrace

Date created: 14.08.2015.

Grammy winner, Gregory Porter,  jazz, soul and gospel singer and composer, will perform at the 66th Dubrovnik Summer Festival on Saturday, 15th of August at 9.30 pm on Revelin Fort Terrace.

The performance of American jazz musician Gregory Porter, whose album "Liquid Spirit" was awarded last year with the prestigious Grammy award for the Best Vocal Jazz Album, is a musical  evening wich can not be missed out. Critics write about Porter's  great vocal power, rich tone and subtle control of interpretations that range from jazz to soul, calling him the vocal successor of the great Nat King Cole. His vocal is described as a warm and sensual baritone with the majesty of the old school of jazz wich is not often heard today. On the last Grammy Awards Porter was nominated in the category of Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song "Hey Laura" with the same, award-winning album "Liquid Spirit" and in both categories - jazz and R&B - he was nominated for theGrammy with the previous two albums "Water "and" Be Good ".

 His performance at the 66th Dubrovnik Summer Festival is held under the sponsorship of Siemens and the US Embassy, Zagreb. Top jazz musicians will perform alongside Porter at Revelin: Yosuke Sato on saxophone, Chip Crawford on piano, bassist Jahmal Nichols and Emanuel Harrold on drums.

The tickets are available online at www.dubrovnik-festival.hr and at the box offices of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in the Festival Palace, at Stradun, at the Multimedia Centre Visia, and at the Culture and Information Centre in Luža and two hours before the performance at the box office at the entrance.