The time we have all been waiting for has come. The illustrious Robert Glasper is set to drop a new album June 16 on the famed Blue Note label, this time reverting to the acoustic trio format with co-conspirators Vicente Archer on bass and Damion Reid on drums. The trio, which recorded Glasper’s first two Blue Note albums Canvas (2005) and In My Element (2007), reconvened last … [Read more...]
Blue Note Supergroup Our Point of View at the Blue Note Festival (Full Concert Video)
Our Point of View needs no introduction. The Blue Note Supergroup assembled to celebrate the label’s 75th anniversary features all-stars Robert Glasper on keys, Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet, Lionel Loueke on guitar, Marcus Strickland on saxophone, Derrick Hodge on bass and Kendrick Scott on drums. A lot of you caught their set at Le Poisson Rouge, broadcasted by NPR’s Jazz … [Read more...]
Robert Glasper Tours the Steinway Factory (Video)
You’ve certainly heard the expression “like a kid in a candy store”. But what about “like Robert Glasper at the Steinway factory”? Glasper recently earned his golden ticket to the promised land of piano makers having been named an official Steinway Artist, a slightly better deal than the one he got from Willy Wonka which he had to turn down. As a Steinway Artist, Glasper joins … [Read more...]
Jason Moran & Robert Glasper Duo At The Blue Note Festival (Full Concert Video)
What happens when a MacArthur Fellow and a two-time Grammy winner cross paths to perform a piano duo? You guessed it, earth-shattering artistry and mind-bending fireworks!! Check out Jason Moran and Robert Glasper perform a one hour set to celebrate Blue Note Records 75th anniversary. Filmed last November at the Blue Note Festival in Paris, the video, courtesy of Arte, expires … [Read more...]
Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Yasiin Bey (Full Concert Video)
The Grammy-winning and now iconic Robert Glasper Experiment performed last March at the A Vaulx Jazz Festival in France. The group, formed by Glasper on keys, Casey Benjamin on vocals, keytar and sax, Derrick Hodge on bass and Mark Colenburg on drums was joined for the occasion by the one and only Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def). If you weren’t lucky enough to attend the show, … [Read more...]