Robert Glasper
Amber Mark's Three Dimensions Deep is one of NPR Music's top 20 R&B albums of 2022. Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR/Scott Dudelson/Getty Images hide caption
Saba (left), Lizzo (center) and Rosalía have released some of our favorite songs of the year so far. Collage by Estefanía Mitre / NPR/Photos courtesy of the artists hide caption
Robert Glasper's Black Radio III top's our shortlist for the best new albums out this week. Mancy Gant/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Common and keyboardist Robert Glasper Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Fe hide caption
Jazz artist Nate Smith performing in the Netherlands. Smith's song "Square Wheel" feat. Kokayi and Michael Mayo was one of Jazz Night's favorites of the first half of the year. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns hide caption
H.E.R. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 8, 2018. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
Jorja Smith's cover of the song "Rose Rouge" is featured in July's edition of Heavy Rotation. Rashidi Noah/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pianist and producer Robert Glasper has spent much of the past decade reconnecting jazz with popular black music, transforming the work of artists like rapper Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus and Brittany Howard. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
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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
Aww Yeah, Summertime — With The Robert Glasper Experiment
Robert Glasper explains why hip-hop producers gravitate towards jazz samples. NPR hide caption
'Jazz Is The Mother Of Hip-Hop': How Sampling Connects Genres
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Anonymous (male) jazz players. Markus Amon/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Esperanza Spalding, Vijay Iyer, The No BS Brass Band, Robert Glasper NPR hide caption