Pocket City is the debut album by the American musician Art Porter Jr., released in 1992. Porter Jr. supported the album by touring with Lisa Stansfield. Pocket City made Billboard'''s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Production The album was produced by Jeff Lorber. Porter Jr. composed eight of its songs. A video was shot for the title track.
Critical reception
The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a suave, cool delight from finish to end, full of breezy and uptempo tunes as well as dreamy, romantic-type ballads." The Washington Post'' wrote: "After a couple half-hearted attempts at ballads, Porter comes up with the likable 'Passion Sunrise', but Porter and his backing band never really let loose, save on an upbeat cover of Maxi Priest's 1990 hit, 'Close to You'."
Track list Pocket City Inside Myself Unending Passion Sunrise Texas Hump Close to You Little People KGB Broken Promise Meltdown L.A.
Personnel Art Porter: alto and soprano saxophones Buzz Feiten: guitar Paul Pesco: guitar Oliver Leiber: guitar Mark "Breeze" Shapiro: guitar Alec Milstein: bass guitar Paulinho Da Costa: percussion Guy Eckstine: percussion Brigitte McWilliams: backing vocals Valerie Davis: backing vocals
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