We say: Gregory Porter has gained a female counterpart. Great stuff! See: we’ve got your undivided attention now. This young French-American singer has already pocketed a Grammy-nomination and has charmed Belgian audiences repeatedly over the last year, during her respective visits to Gent Jazz and Jazz Middelheim. The constant theme in her repertoire is taken from (often pre-war) songs by blues/jazz artists like Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters or Billie Holiday. But then in a modern version.

Her voice is imposing and induced Knack Focus into an impressive declaration: ‘Haar perfecte dictie, weergaloos brede vocale bereik en het verbazende gemak waarmee ze aan elke lettergreep bijzondere aandacht en kleur geeft, zijn genoeg redenen om de dit keer niet eens zo ver gegrepen vergelijkingen met de grote jazzdiva's als Sarah Vaughan of Anita O'Day te rechtvaardigen.’

Her latest and third album ‘For One To Love’ – on which she also wrote a large number of own numbers – confirmed her status. Come see her perform in a ‘small’ venue while you still can.