Hammond Artist Ondre J and Grammy Winner Gregory Porter

March 7, 2017

Gregory Porter Best Jazz Vocal Grammy™

Congratulations to GREGORY PORTER who won the Grammy™ for Best Jazz Vocal this year. Why do we celebrate him here? Well, he’s GREAT, to start, and he has a GREAT Keyboard player, our artist ONDRE J! HamFam represent!!
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