Jazz Articles about Robert Glasper

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Robert Glasper: Canvas

by Chris May
September 29, 2005

Hallelujah! Another exciting young pianist emerges to take the classic piano trio tradition forward. This is Robert Glasper's second album--the first was Mood (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2003)--and at just 26, he is already cooking.

The marketing thrust which accompanies this album makes much of Glasper's supposed membership of the hip-hop massive. Truth is, he's got the locks, and he's the right age, but his music is firmly--gloriously--in the Tyner/Hancock/Jarrett tradition: harmonically and melodically rich, rhythmically virile, and ...

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Robert Glasper: Mood

by Russ Musto
January 13, 2005

Glasper is that rare example of a young jazz artist well schooled in the tradition, but still willing to explore the popular music of his contemporaries--a versatile talent who has already been heard with artists from Charles Tolliver and Carmen Lundy to Marcus Strickland and Bilal. His debut recording with bassist Bob Hurst and drummer Damion Reid fittingly opens with “Maiden Voyage." The track respectfully recognizes the classic music of Herbie Hancock, who is one of several discernible influences on ...

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Robert Glasper: Mood

by AAJ Staff
April 21, 2003

Robert Glasper is a 20-some pianist originally from Houston who has gained experience and exposure on the New York scene in the bands of Russell Malone, Mark Whitfield, and Marcus Strickland. On the jazz tip, he has also led a noted, well-frequented jam session on Thursday nights at the UpAndOver Cafe in Brooklyn. There's another side to Glasper though: he's been a mainstay in the touring band of R&B sensation Bilal (a guest on two tracks here). So on Mood, ...