[8][9] His mentors include Wynton Marsalis, Mark Gould, Raymond Mase, Guy Touvron, and Laurie Frink.
[10][11][12] Porter started in the New York jazz scene in the 1990s while studying classical music under the trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis at the Juilliard School.
[17][18] He has toured as both a band-leader and a side-man as both a jazz and classical musician, as well as acting in the soloist and chamber music scene.
[20] In 2005, as a composer, Porter was the recipient of Chamber Music America and The Dorris Duke Foundation's New Works commissioning grant in 2005.
[23] With Philip Glass With Absolute Ensemble With Paquito D'Rivera With Tristan Murail With Billy Martin With Anthony Coleman With Russ Spiegel With Majid Khaliq With Chuck Israels With Alan Jones With Derek Hines With Various With Joyce DiDonato[24]