Gregory Porter, Don't Lose Your Steam (live), SF Jazz, San Francisco, CA, August 2, 2019 (HD)

Gregory Porter sings "Don't Lose Your Steam" live in concert at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on August 2, 2019. The song, which Porter wrote for his then two-year-old son Demyan, originally appeared on his 2016 album Take Me To The Alley. Gregory Porter is a two-time Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit, and then in 2017 for Take Me To The Alley. Joining him onstage were Tivon Pennicott (saxophone), Jahmal Nichols (bass), Chip Crawford (piano), Ondrej Pivec (Hammond organ), and Emanuel Harrold (drums).
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Gregory Porter Upcoming Tour Dates:
August 3, 2019 - San Francisco, CA @ SFJazz
August 4, 2019 - San Francisco, CA @ SFJazz
August 8, 2019 - Philadelphia, PA @ Dell East Music Center
August 9, 2019 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Jazz Festival
August 10, 2019 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
November 28, 2019 - Paris, France @ L'Olympia
January 25 - February 1, 2020 - Caribbean Sea @ Blue Note At Sea
February 7, 2020 - Los Angeles, CA @ Royce Hall
February 8, 2020 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
February 10, 2020 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Center
February 28, 2020 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Konzertsaal Tonhalle Maag
March 1, 2020 - Munich, Germany @ Philharmonie Gasteig
March 2, 2020 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Alte Oper
March 3, 2020 - Düsseldorf, Germany @ Tonhalle Düsseldorf
March 5, 2020 - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany @ Konzerthaus Freiburg
March 6, 2020 - Münster, Germany @ Halle Münsterland
March 8, 2020 - Bielefeld, Germany @ Rudolf Oetker Hall
March 9, 2020 - Oldenburg, Germany @ Kongresshalle
March 10, 2020 - Neunkirchen, Germany @ Gebläsehalle Neunkirchen
March 12, 2020 - Braunschweig, Germany @ Stadthalle Braunschweig
March 13, 2020 - Hanover, Germany @ Kuppelsaal
March 15, 2020 - Aachen, Germany @ Eurogress Aachen
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Gregory Porter's official bio:
A two-time Grammy-winner and six-time nominee, Gregory Porter has undoubtedly become jazz’s most celebrated male vocalist, “a jazz singer of thrilling presence, a booming baritone with a gift for earthy refinement and soaring uplift” (The New York Times). After the success of his 2010 debut Water and follow-up Be Good, Porter broke through to mainstream stardom with his Blue Note debut Liquid Spirit, winning the 2013 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. He repeated the Grammy and chart success of Liquid Spirit with 2016’s Take Me to the Alley, and his 2017 tribute to Nat “King” Cole, Nat “King” Cole & Me, is poised to earn Porter his third Grammy nod.
Raised in the hardscrabble city of Bakersfield, the budding vocalist grew up with seven siblings who all sang and worked in their mother’s skid row mission. A chance encounter led to Porter’s recording debut on Hubert Laws Remembers the Unforgettable Nat King Cole, a 1998 album that earned him an audition for the Broadway-bound musical It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. Growing up around rollicking tent revivals offered ideal training for a revue tracing the history of the blues, and he got the gig. Porter brings the same soul-stirring authority to jazz settings, revealing powerful truths with heart and grace.
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Don't Lose Your Steam lyrics:
Sitting on the top of the roof, the bridge is all mine
Steam engines roll by, the bridges fall down and so do my dreams
Boy, you hear me calling your name
The bridge is your time
Your engine rolls hot
If the bridges fall down, don't lose your head of steam
Young man, I'm counting on you
And whoa, young man, I'm counting on you
Boy, I didn't make it too far, but baby you are
The family star
I'll tighten your seams
Don't lose your head of dreams
Boy, you hear me calling your name
The bridge is your time
Your engine rolls hot
If the bridges fall down, don't lose your head of steam
Young man, I'm counting on you
And whoa, young man, I'm counting on you
To get me to the other side
Hey, hey hey hey, hey
This foot-pound pressure is new
Whatever you do is up to you
But do me this do: don't lose your head of dreams
Young man, I'm counting on you
And whoa, young man, I'm counting on you
Young man, I'm counting on you
And whoa, young man, I'm counting on you
And whoa, young man
You are now the man
Whoa, whoa, young man
I'm-a counting on you, hey hey hey
You are now the man
Can you get me to the other side?
Can you get me to the other side?
Hey, hey hey hey, huh huh
Hey hey, huh huh, hey hey hey
Don't lose your head of steam
Don't lose your head of steam
Written by Gregory Porter

[@777morgan3]

i lave these acoustic versions exp. the intros tivon is the atomic bomb on tenor

[@nyoreachoja2068]

Thanks for the upload, do you have the full show?

[@TimBracken]

My pleasure! I have two more songs to post, for about 30 more minutes of music. All together, I'd say I got about two thirds of the concert.

[@nyoreachoja2068]

@@TimBracken Well that's great, I appreciate these uploads as he hasn't come to Nigeria where I am. They're the only way I can get a glimpse of the experience. Gregory Porter is one of my favorites of all time. Will you upload here?

[@TimBracken]

@nyore achoja: So sorry you can't see him live, but I'm very happy that you enjoy these. I just posted the 4th video of the set (Take Me To The Alley): th-cam.com/video/JODD6jak8ZU/w-d-xo.html . The final video will be an amazing 22-minute jam/medley which includes Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Musical Genocide, and an epic 4-minute bass solo by Jahmal Nichols.