Robert Glasper

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Origin = Houston, Texas
Instrument = Piano
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Genre = Jazz/Hip-Hop
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Label = Blue Note Records
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Robert Glasper (b. Houston, Texas) is a jazz pianist.

Career

Robert attended high school in Houston, TX at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and went on to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.

He has performed at jazz festivals throughout the world, and released his major-label debut, "Canvas", on Blue Note Records in 2005. He has also collaborated with many hip hop and soul musicians, including Bilal (as musical director), Mos Def (also as musical director), Common, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Slum Village, Jay-Z, J Dilla, Erykah Badu and Meshell Ndegeocello. In addition to his jazz trio, he also has another line up, The RCDC Experiment (Derrick Hodge, Chris Dave, and Casey Benjamin), in which he explores fusions of jazz and hip hop. He also performed on "Bounce" with Terence Blanchard on Blue Note Records in 2003.

Glasper's trio performed at the 2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival as part of Blue Note's "Somethin' Else" jazz tent.

Discography

*"Mood" (2003)
*"Canvas" (2005)
*"In My Element" (2007)

References

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/11/22/bmglasper122.xml Robert Glasper: The pianist whose jazz is filled with soul, Telegraph]
* [http://www.nysun.com/arts/charlie-parker-jazz-festival-cool-jazz-in-harlem/84500/ Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Cool Jazz in Harlem, New York The Sun]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/nov/04/jazz.shopping3 Review of Canvas, The Guardian]

External links

* [http://www.robertglasper.com Official home page]