page_title: Gregory Porter
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: Gregory Porter / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: Gregory Porter at the stage of Cosmopolite. The concert took place on 16. October 2016 in Oslo. Porter won a Grammy for best jazz vocal in 2014. This was his third concert in Oslo since his debut i 2010Lineup: Gregory Porter (vocal), Chip Crawford (piano), Jahmal Nichols (double bass), Emanuel Harrold (drums), Yohsuke Sato (saxophone) Norsk bokmål: Gregory Porter på scenen til Cosmopolite. Konserten foregikk den 16.10.2016 i Oslo. I 2014 ble Porter tildelt Grammy for beste jazzvokal-album. Dette var tredje gang han stod på en scene i Oslo siden debuten i 2010.På scenen: Gregory Porter (vokal), Chip Crawford (piano), Jahmal Nichols (kontrabass), Emanuel Harrold (trommer), Yohsuke Sato (saksofoner)
context_page_description: Gregory Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley.
context_section_description: Gregory Porter was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in Bakersfield, California, where his mother Ruth was a minister. Porter has seven siblings. His mother was a large influence on his life, having encouraged him to sing in church at an early age. His father, Rufus, was largely absent from his life. Says Porter, "Everybody had some issues with their father, even if he was in the house. He may have been emotionally absent. My father was just straight-up absent. I hung out with him just a few days in my life. And it wasn't a long time. He just didn’t seem to be completely interested in being there. Maybe he was, I don't know."
  A 1989 graduate of Highland High School, he received a full athletic scholarship as a football lineman to San Diego State University (SDSU Aztecs), but a shoulder injury during his junior year cut short his football career.
  Porter's mother died from cancer when he was 21 years old. From her death bed, she entreated him: "Sing, baby, sing!"
caption: Porter in concert with his regular band at Cosmopolite club in Oslo, Norway, 2016
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