Sarauniyar Afirka ta Faransa

Take Me to the Alley shine kundi na hudu na studio ta Gregory Porter, wanda aka saki akan Mayu 6, 2016, ta Blue Note Records . Ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy 2017 don Mafi kyawun Album Vocal na Jazz . 

An yi rikodin kundin a Hollywood da New York City tsakanin Satumba da Oktoba 2015. [1] Porter ya yi aiki tare da furodusa Kamau Kenyatta, wanda ya fara aiki tare a tsakiyar shekarun 1990 lokacin yana dalibi a Jami'ar Jihar San Diego . Porter ya lura cewa: "Kamau ya kasance mafi mahimmanci wajen ɗaukar abin da nake da shi da kuma tace shi ... ya yi fice wajen ba da ƙarfafawa ga abin da na riga na samu a fasaha."

 liyafa 
Rubutu ga The Guardian, Alexis Petridis ya ce:... don duk sauƙin sa a kunne, - kuma akwai lokutan sauraron Take Me zuwa Alley yana jin kamar an rufe shi da wani soso na soso - akwai wani abu mai ban mamaki game da kiɗan Porter. Ba ya damu da samarwa mai sheki: Kai Ni zuwa Alley yana da ban mamaki, amma wannan ya rage zuwa ga jin daɗin kundi na da alama an yi rikodin shi cikin kwanaki shida. Haka kuma ba ya shiga cikin rufaffiyar fafutuka na abokantaka na rediyo - babu mai fassarar littafin waƙar Coldplay da ya yi. Shirye-shiryen nasa suna nuna alfahari da tushen bisharar sa - ba nau'in farko da za ku yi tunanin yin fa'ida ba ne kuna da burin samun nasara na yau da kullun. Waƙar take tana ba da misali game da zuwan Kristi na biyu, tsananinsa da rashin jituwa da wasan piano na pacific da kuma muryar matashin kai na Alicia Olatuja; "A cikin Sama" yana lalata ƙananan sa'o'i ƙauna na busa ƙahonsa tare da waƙar ɗan uwan Porter game da mutuwa da fansa. 

 Waƙa da jeri 
Duk waƙoƙin da Gregory Porter ya rubuta, sai dai inda aka lura.  Shirye-shiryen Porter, Chip Crawford da Kamau Kenyatta, ƙahonin Kenyatta da Keyon Harrold suka shirya.

 Mahimmanci edition bonus waƙoƙi 

 DVD bonus waƙoƙi 

 "Take Me to the Alley" (EPK) – 6:33
 "Don't Lose Your Steam" (Official Video) – 3:17
 The Making of "Don't Lose Your Steam" – 2:04
 "Don't Lose Your Steam" (1 Mic 1 Take) – 3:28
 "Holding On" (1 Mic 1 Take), featuring Kem – 4:10
 Don Was Interview (#"Take Me to the Alley") – 19:31

 Ma'aikata 

 Voice – Gregory Porter
 Piano – Chip Crawford
 Bass – Aaron James
 Drums – Emanuel Harrold
 Alto saxophone – Yosuke Sato
 Tenor saxophone – Tivon Pennicott
 Trumpet – Keyon Harrold
 Organ – Ondřej Pivec
 Voice – Alicia Olatuja

 Production

 Furodusa – Gregory Porter, Kamau Kenyatta
 Injiniyan rikodi - Jay Newland (a Sear Sound, NYC), Charlie Pakkari (a Capitol Studio B, LA)
 Mataimakin injiniyoyi - Grant Valentine da Richie Kennon (a Sear Sound)
 Mixing - Jay Newland (a Capitol Studio B)

 Ƙarin mawaƙa akan waƙoƙin bonus na Deluxe Edition

 Muryar baƙi - Kem ("Rike Kan"), Lalah Hathaway ("Hauka")
 Bass, madannai - Demetrius Nabors ("Rike")
 Guitar – Darrell Crooks ("Hauka")
 Remix - Rex Rideout ("Hauka"), Fred Falke ("Kada Ku Sake Tushen Ku")

 DVD

 Piano trio a Capitol Studio A akan waƙoƙi 4 da 5 - Chip Crawford, Jahmal Nichols (bass), da Emanuel Harrold
 Muryar baƙi akan 5 - Kem
 Daraktan Bidiyo – Ali Muhammad (1), Nayip Ramos (2, 3), Possum Hill (4–6)
 Masu shirya bidiyo - Thoro NYC (1), Decca Records Faransa (2, 3), Daylan Williams (4-6)

 Charts 

Weekly charts
 Chart (2016–17) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 65 New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) 1

Year-end charts
 Chart (2016) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 83 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 81 French Albums (SNEP) 155 UK Albums (OCC) 65 US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) 8
 Chart (2017) Position US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) 8

Certifications

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