August Greene's self-titled debut is out March 9 on Amazon Music. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

August Green performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Feb. 12, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

Robert Glasper, Common and Karriem Riggins will release their debut album as August Greene this March. B+/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Robert Glasper and Bilal perform at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert in Washington, D.C. Beck Harlan / NPR hide caption

Robert Glasper explains why hip-hop producers gravitate towards jazz samples. NPR hide caption

Anonymous (male) jazz players. Markus Amon/Getty Images hide caption

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Clockwise from upper left: Esperanza Spalding, Vijay Iyer, The No BS Brass Band, Robert Glasper NPR hide caption

Tiny Desk Concert with Common. Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption

Robert Glasper's latest album with his group, The Robert Glasper Experiement, is called ArtScience. Mathieu Bitton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Though not well known for its jazz scene, Houston, Texas has produced some of America's best jazz musicians, including Jason Moran. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Robert Glasper's new piano trio album is called Covered. Don Q. Hannah/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Robert Glasper Experiment performs at the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption

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Billy Taylor (left) duets with Eldar at A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009. Margot Schulman hide caption