Robert Glasper was raised in Houston, Texas. His mother was his first and strongest musical influence. Mrs. Glasper not only played piano and sang gospel music in the family's chur...read more on Last.fm →
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sean o
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Dec 8, 2014
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Friday night in Austin, Texas, brings with it a sense of possibility. One might start out with cheap beer, maybe some bar food. If you're me, you start out with a pitcher of Lone Star and a two dollar cheeseburger with jalapeño rings and chopped onio...
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sweeney kovar
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Oct 11, 2012
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Earlier this year the prodigious pianist Robert Glasper made a concerted effort to bring jazz into the mainstream via hip-hop, with his accessible and awesome guest-filled LP Black Radio. Recently, to remind fickle audiences, he has issued a remix al...
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sweeney kovar
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Mar 22, 2012
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Robert Glasper is the shit. Probably the premier jazz man of today, the Texan is keeping jazz current in a way no one else can without adding some triggered effects from their Ableton set-up. He's produced several stellar albums already, he's shared ...
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