Take Me to the Alley is the fourth studio album by Gregory Porter, released on May 6, 2016 through Blue Note Records. It earned Porter a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. The album was recorded in Hollywood and New York City between September and October 2015.
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Porter worked alongside producer Kamau Kenyatta, with whom he first worked in the mid-1990s when he was a student at San Diego State University. Porter observed: "Kamau has been most instrumental in taking what I have and refining it... he's been great at offering encouragement to what I already have artistically."
Alto saxophone – Yosuke Sato
Bass – Aaron James
Drums – Emanuel Harrold
Organ – Ondřej Pivec
Piano – Chip Crawford
Tenor saxophone – Tivon Pennicott
Trumpet – Keyon Harrold
Voice – Alicia Olatuja, Gregory Porter
Producers – Gregory Porter, Kamau Kenyatta
| A1 | Holding On | 5:01 |
| A2 | Don't Lose Your Steam | 3:17 |
| A3 | Take Me To The Alley | 5:16 |
| B1 | Day Dream | 3:51 |
| B2 | Consequence Of Love | 3:20 |
| B3 | In Fashion | 4:34 |
| C1 | More Than A Woman | 3:31 |
| C2 | In Heaven | 4:18 |
| C3 | Insanity | 5:37 |
| D1 | Don't Be A Fool | 4:31 |
| D2 | Fan The Flames | 4:12 |
| D3 | French African Queen | 3:44 |
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