Gregory Porter "Liquid Spirit" - Live at Jazz à La Villette Festival.

Format:

Video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz.

Europe.

Musical ensembles.

Performances.

Concerts.

Local Subjects:

Jazz.

Europe.

Musical ensembles.

Performances.

Concerts.

Genre:

Performance

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

It’s September 2013, just three years since Gregory Porter emerged on the jazz scene, imposing an international stature from the outset. With *Liquid Spirit* (2013), Grammy Award 2014 for Best Vocal Jazz Album, he continues to reach what he hopes will be the widest audience possible, because he is aware of the strength contained in jazz and its history, and in a word, all the more powerful when it is sung by many. What happened to a man like Martin Luther King still haunts his spirit, and he joins the greatest jazz musicians in the fight for civil rights, involving all those who come to listen to him. "Clap your hands, now." It's not just a question of applauding the rhythm of the eponymous title of the album Liquid Spirit. "This liquid spirit is real, it is energy and not a ready-made and false construction. The music is real." Let the liquid spirit free… Marion Paoli

Notes:

Performed Jazz à la Villette Festival

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