Jazz singer Gregory Porter and NPR's Audie Cornish at a live interview at NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on June 27, 2018. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
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Gregory Porter's Nat "King" Cole & Me is out Oct. 27. Erik Umphrey/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tiny Desk Concert with Gregory Porter. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
A screenshot from the video "Running (Refugee Song)" featuring Gregory Porter, Common, Keyon Harrold and Andrea Pizziconi. YouTube/Screen shot by NPR hide caption
Nina Revisited, an all-star tribute to Nina Simone, comes out July 10. Ian Showell/Getty Images hide caption
Gregory Porter In Concert
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Listen: Gregory Porter On 'Song Travels'
Gregory Porter's new album, Liquid Spirit, comes out Sept. 17. Shawn Peters/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Liquid Spirit
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Gregory Porter's latest album is entitled Liquid Spirit. Shawn Peters /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gregory Porter (center) performs with saxophonist Yohsuke Satoh at the annual Strings of Autumn International Music Festival in Prague. Petra Hajska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gregory Porter On JazzSet
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