The world, it seems, cannot get enough of Gregory Porter. In a few short years, the American footballer-turned-singer has gone from unknown bloke in funny hat to great black hope of the jazz vocal tradition. And here's another album to prove that all the praise is richly deserved. Porter's winning combination of soul and sincerity is rare, and his songs deal with themes that make the regular pap of pop sound purile. So this miscellaneous collection of remixes and recordings made with other groups, including soul-jazz funksters Zbonics and saxophonist David Murray's Infinity Quartet, is not so much a cynical exercise in repackaging but mana from heaven satisfying the clamour for more from the big lad in the hat. gregoryporter.com