[youtube id=”0Qmf5fcHfyM”] Gregory Porter’s Nat “King” Cole & Me has the benefit of the holiday season for people to enjoy it. Porter’s cover of “The Christmas Song” is timely and pays a great compliment to King’s version. The lighting, colors and accessories make Porter and his band look like a moving Xmas card.

[youtube id=”B1TJp73shl8″] Gregory Porter’s video for “Smile” feels like Christmas as he performs with a full orchestra in a gold-colored room. Porter’s Nat King Cole & Me is available for pre-order now.

[youtube id=”-SDuWFSzZs4″] Gregory Porter’s mother had a huge influence on his musical taste growing up and those experiences are the inspiration for his Nat King Cole & Me album. In the trailer, he talks about how he learned about Cole from his mother and the way Cole’s music speaks to him personally. Porter’s connection to Cole’s lyrics and the history of hearing him in his childhood home made the new the album’s focus a necessity. Nat King Cole & Me will be released October 27th.

Gregory Porter is having a concert at Detroit’s Music  Hall January 29th at 7:30PM with Eric Roberson as the opening act. Porter’s fourth studio album, Take Me To The Alley, was released last year and has a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. The singer, who has become quickly identified by his quirky headwear, is the only contemporary jazz singer to bring R&B and blues into the genre and have a level of popularity that even finds his voice in dance music with UK duo Disclosure. Tickets for the show at the Music Hall are on sale now.