Courtesy the Moore Theatre
Robert Glasper is a talented pianist who, if my ear is correct, blends the inventiveness of Thelonious Monk and the sensitive richness of early Herbie Hancock. A lot is going on in his work.
In 2012, he became famous for reviving the aesthetic program and political mode of the Soulquarians at Blue Note Records, which is one of the key institutions of America’s classical music, jazz. And at the center of Glasper’s revival of the Soulquarians—a movement that included Questlove (who was recently nominated for an Oscar), Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), Erykah Badu (the singer who gave the world the word “woke”), and D’Angelo—was
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