Gregory Porter at Groton Hill Music Center

Groton Hill Music Center presents jazz and soul singer Gregory Porter live Saturday, February 17 at 8:00pm.

Porter began singing in small jazz clubs in San Diego while attending San Diego State University on a football scholarship. Eventually he moved to New York City to pursue music full-time and his career began to ascend with the release of his first two albums — Water (2010) and Be Good (2012) — both of which received GRAMMY nominations.

In 2013, he released his breakout Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit, which quickly grew into a global phenomenon, selling more than a million albums and earning Porter his first GRAMMY Award with NPR declaring him “America’s Next Great Jazz Singer.” His 2016 follow-up Take Me To The Alley won him his second GRAMMY for Best Vocal Jazz Album and firmly established him as his generation’s most soulful jazz singer-songwriter.