"Real Good Hands" is taken from Gregory Porter's new album "Be Good" which has topped the Jazz charts at iTunes. Purchase the album: itunes.apple.com motema.com gregoryporter.com The soulful spirit of the '70s, epitomized by such artists as Lou Rawls and the Chi Lights, echoes forth in style on Porter's "Real Good Hands," a track that makes it clear that Porter is a complete romantic at heart.

Free downloads, exclusive offers, signed CDs and more at : www.motema.com The politically-charged "1960 What?" is taken from jazz / soul singer Gregory Porter's GRAMMY nominated debut album "Water". BUY "Water" at: AMAZON: www.amazon.com iTUNES: itunes.apple.com

Go to JazzHeaven.com for more FREE Jean-Michel Pilc Videos! This was an excerpt from the Jean Michel Pilc Jazz Improvisation Lesson/Masterclass video/DVD entitled "True Jazz Improvisation". Jam-packed Jazz Improvisation Lessons: 2h Lesson, 60-min Interview, PDFs and more. Click on JazzHeaven.com - other killer jazz improvisation instructional videos for all instruments with Kenny Werner, Lee Konitz, Walt Weiskopf, Vince Herring, Jerry Bergonzi and MORE. (Plus jazz instructional videos with MANY other great jazz artists like Oz Noy, Eric Harland, Ralph Peterson, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, Enrico Pieranunzi & more.) Go to JazzHeaven.com to check out the madness! Born in 1960 in Paris, and now an American citizen, self-taught, Jean-Michel Pilc has performed with numerous giants in the music field such as: Roy Haynes, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Jean Toussaint, Rick Margitza, Martial Solal, Michel Portal, Daniel Humair, Marcus Miller, Kenny Garrett, Lenny White, Chris Potter, John Abercrombie, Mingus Dynasty & Big Band, Lew Soloff and Richard Bona. He has also worked with Harry Belafonte, as his musical director and pianist. Jean-Michel Pilc moved to New York City in 1995. There, he formed a trio with François Moutin (bass) and Ari Hoenig (drums). They recorded a one-week engagement at the legendary jazz club Sweet Basil and, in 2000, released two CDs: Jean-Michel Pilc Trio - Together - Live at Sweet Basil, NYC - Vol. 1 & 2 (A ...

Clips de l'Album "Pélerin" du Couple LEMBA LA CHANSON DIT CECI EN RÉSUMÉ: - Pour moi Seigneur t'avais juré ne jamais me délaissé (même pas un peu) et être avec moi partout.Tu es Dieu, le Roi. - La nuit je dormirai paisiblement, car Toi tu veilles sur moi. Tu m'accordes la victoire même dans mes rêves. Tu es Dieu, le Roi REFRAIN: Raison pour laquelle je mets toute ma confiance (mon cœur) en Toi. Tout au long de ma vie, soit mon Dieu. Je te chanterais toujours jusqu'à la fin, même dans la souffrance...Tu es ma force... elshekina.webnode.com http

Charnett Moffett plays upright bass, fretless electric bass, and electric piccolo bass. motema.com For musicians, compositions are precious reflections of the soul -- aural snapshots of emotions, reflections and conceptions covering broad swaths of human expression and experience. Each offering allows the musician a new opportunity to communicate on varying wavelengths - conscious and subconscious, simple and complex, spiritual and intellectual. Over the course of a fascinating career that began at a very young age, the virtuosic Charnett Moffett has reached profound musical depths and expanded the possibilities of jazz composition and performance through his creative imagination using his instruments as his voice. His approach to music making and recording can be challenging and unorthodox. Yet the rewards for taking on those challenges are often awe-inspiring, revelatory - and can elevate mere songs to Treasure, the title of Charnett's second project for Motéma Music and his eleventh as a leader.

This if from their album NZAMBE NA BOMOYI TRANSLATION: Napesi Yo nde motema na ngai (I give You my heart) Yo moko Nzambe salela yango (You are the only God ...) Na elikia na ngai napesi Yo (and my hope, I give You) Salela yango salela yango

"Be Good" is the first video from Jazz singer Gregory Porter's critically acclaimed album of the same name. Purchase the album: itunes.apple.com motema.com gregoryporter.com Video Credits: Directed by award winning filmmaker Pierre Bennu, with cinematography by Shawn Peters and special set work by visual artist Dirk Joseph. Shot entirely on location in Baltimore, Maryland, director Pierre Bennu visually compliments Porter's intense lyrics and smooth, soulful vocals with vibrant colors and whimsical storytelling, and sets it all against Charm City's unique backdrop. As two lovers traverse their everyday lives amidst the mundane, Bennu draws on the power of everyday magic, the fear of loss, and the yearning for love in what he calls a "lullaby for your inner child." "The dance of love is something that can be done alone but it is also fun with somebody else," says Bennu. "I wanted to show two characters; one who was so busy dancing alone, never looking to have a partner... and another so desperate for love that he would do whatever it took to get it. What that character finally realizes is that all he needed to offer forth was himself." To compliment his artistic vision, Bennu tapped the talents of Baltimore-based multidisciplinary visual artist Dirk Joseph, whose 'magical props' add significantly to the video's playful and enchanting sensibility.

Jazz/soul singer Gregory Porter sings Illusion live on "Later with Jools Holland", taken from his GRAMMY nominated debut album "Water" available from Motema Music. www.motema.com Find free downloads from Gregory at his Bandcamp: gregoryporter.bandcamp.com

Buy Gregory Porter´s album "Water" here: www.membran-online.de With a voice that can caress or confront, embrace or exhort, Gregory Porter exhibits such an incredible degree of vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has gone on record to call him „a fantastic young singer," which makes the fact that Water (out now from Motema Music) is his recording debut even more impressive. A debut release it may be, yet Water flows with a sense of timelessness that reflects the seasoned talents of the giants of blues, gospel and soul that have influenced Porter throughout his career. Some of the singers that Porter cites as influential are familiar - Nat King Cole, Joe Williams and Donny Hathaway - and others -- such as the pastor of the church he attended as a child among them - may never realize their impact on his development as an artist. While the work of singers such as Hathaway or Cole obviously helped to shape Porter's vocal styling, his own world view, as evidenced in his seven original compositions and his striking interpretation of classic songs such as „But Beautiful" and „Skylark," adds an emotional intensity that makes each of the CD's eleven tracks speak so eloquently.

Illusion is taken from Gregory's debut album "Water". www.motema.com "...an absolute showstopper of personalized soul...As an impressive, substantive vocalist...he's right up there with Jose James as the next big male vocal jazz star." Allmusic.com "Porter may count (Nat King) Cole as his primary influence, but his vocals and his ability to spin a musical yarn call to mind...Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Lou Rawls and Kevin Mahogony." -- Soultracks.com "...sheer genius.... quite possibly the year's best jazz recording. Porter is one of the most inspiring jazz performers of the last decade. 5/5: Soulmattersmag.com "Simply put, Gregory Porter may be our next great jazz singer." -- Straight No Chaser blog "...one of the best artists in modern jazz today." -- Cashbox.com