De Morgen, prior to the visit to Gent Jazz, summer 2015: 'Take five' selectie: 'Nr 1! Wie hem vorig jaar in de AB zag, zit nu nog steeds met een krop in de keel. Fenomenale zanger.'

You probably now know him mainly from those funky remixes of Holding On and, especially, Liquid Spirit? Or did you think this was jazz? That's right: it's the most exciting, sweltering approach to jazz possible. Resulting in live music that quite simply stands its ground: graceful teamwork, superb solo's and pleasure in every moment, every second! A wonder!

Seeing as we had to wait for our friends from Gent Jazz before we could make this announcement anyway, then we'll continue by lending a little from their masterly press announcement: 'Gregory Porter (vocals), Chip Crawford (piano, keys), Aaron James (contrabass), Yosuke Sato (alt-sax), Emanuel Harrold (drums)...