Take Me to the Alley
Take Me to the Alley is the fourth studio album by Gregory Porter, released on May 6, 2016 through Blue Note Records. It earned Porter a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
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| Released | May 6, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | September 28 – October 1, 2015 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studio B, Hollywood Sear Sound, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:18 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10 |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | |
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| Irish Examiner | 4/5 |
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| The National | |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10 |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
The album was recorded in Hollywood and New York City between September and October 2015. Porter worked alongside producer Kamau Kenyatta, with whom he first worked in the mid-1990s when he was a student at San Diego State University. Porter observed: "Kamau has been most instrumental in taking what I have and refining it... he's been great at offering encouragement to what I already have artistically."
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