Pocket City

Pocket City is the debut album by the American musician Art Porter Jr., released in 1992.[1][2] Porter Jr. supported the album by touring with Lisa Stansfield.[3] Pocket City made Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[4]

Pocket City
Studio album by
Art Porter Jr.
ReleasedMay 1992
Recorded1992
StudioJHL Sound, Los Angeles, California
GenreSmooth jazz/fusion
LabelVerve Forecast Records/PolyGram
ProducerJeff Lorber
Art Porter Jr. chronology
Pocket City
(1992)		 Straight to the Point
(1993)

Production

The album was produced by Jeff Lorber.[5] Porter Jr. composed eight of its songs.[6] A video was shot for the title track.[7]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
DownBeat[9]

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."[10] 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'."[11]

Track list
  1. Pocket City
  2. Inside Myself
  3. Unending
  4. Passion Sunrise
  5. Texas Hump
  6. Close to You
  7. Little People
  8. KGB
  9. Broken Promise
  10. Meltdown
  11. L.A.

Personnel

References
  1. Heim, Chris (22 May 1992). "Chicago jazz changes". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. P.
  2. "Art Porter Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. Fusaro, Roberta (28 July 1992). "Stansfield bares soul in Mansfield". Telegram & Gazette. p. D3.
  4. "Music Top 10 Hits". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. Billboard. 4 Sep 1992. p. 8.
  5. Bacon, Tony; Gelly, Dave (January 7, 2000). "Masters of Jazz Saxophone". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  6. Lloyd, Jack (18 Sep 1992). "Funky Notes by a Sax Man from Ark". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 30.
  7. Holman, Rhonda (September 7, 1992). "Art Porter on Jazz and Politics". The Wichita Eagle. p. 13A.
  8. "Art Porter - Pocket City Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  9. Cole, Patrick (Oct 1992). "Saxatives". DownBeat. 59 (10): 41.
  10. Sawyers, June (19 June 1992). "Baja Beach Club jazzing up its sound". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 2.
  11. Griffin, Gil (24 July 1992). "Soulful Stansfield; Porter's Pale Sax". The Washington Post. p. N10.
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