Robert Glasper
Jessica Chornesky
Robert Glasper.
Robert Glasper artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
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December 8, 2010 A supple, simmering pianist with hip-hop cred, Glasper leads his band at the New York jazz bastion.
December 16, 2009 Eldar, Robert Glasper, Patricia Barber, Joe Sample, Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor all perform live.
Studio Sessions
December 29, 2012 The group creates a jazz, soul and R&B sound as eclectic and different as it is cohesive and round.
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April 4, 2012 Hear the jazz pianist perform genre-defying, airtight experimental tracks from his new record.
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January 20, 2009 Pianist Robert Glasper is walking proof that art is forever the great (small-d) democrat.
November 2, 2007 Hear an interview and performance with the young pianist that blends hip-hop, rock and jazz.
Interviews & Profiles
February 25, 2012 The pianist's new album, Black Radio, connects the dots between jazz, rock, hip-hop and soul.
October 21, 2010 What were Robert Glasper, Eric Harland and Jason Moran like as teenagers? Their band director knows.
August 26, 2010 He's a jazz pianist and Blue Note recording artist. He also plays with Q-Tip, Mos Def and Maxwell.
March 20, 2007 On his new album, Robert Glasper delivers his own brand of jazz to a generation of hip-hop lovers.
Discover Songs
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December 23, 2009 Jazz's future is bright: All but three musicians on Shaunna Morrison Machosky's Top 10 are under 40.
October 19, 2009 The latest mix from All Songs Considered features some of the best new jazz recordings of 2009.
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January 20, 2009 Pianist Robert Glasper repurposed his song "Enoch's Meditation" on honor of Inauguration Day 2009.
March 16, 2007 Robert Glasper's poignant requiem "Tribute" celebrates the life of the pianist's late mother.
Reviews
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January 20, 2009 Pianist Robert Glasper repurposed his song "Enoch's Meditation" on honor of Inauguration Day 2009.
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December 25, 2007 WBGO host Gary Walker shares his favorite jazz recordings of 2007, led by the late Michael Brecker.
March 16, 2007 Robert Glasper's poignant requiem "Tribute" celebrates the life of the pianist's late mother.
More Stories
February 19, 2012 The durability of substantive music, the possibilities of black pop and a band which unites them.
December 8, 2010 The singer Bilal performs his "All Matter" on both a jazz album and his own neo-soul record.
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October 20, 2008 Hear songs by five piano-trio leaders who keep the acoustic jazz tradition alive in fresh ways.
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December 13, 2007 WDUQ's Shaunna Morrison Machosky picks her Top 10 jazz CDs of 2007.
