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Saturday Night Jazz 07.04.15

Groovement

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On this show you can hear “Barangrill” from pianist Robert Glasper and his acoustic trio (bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid) on his new album Covered. Glasper applies his elegant jazz skills to “an inviting tracklist that was mostly written to be sung,” wrote The Guardian in a glowing 4-star review. “That’s Glasper’s broad-appeal secret – on Covered, seductive anthems by Radiohead, Musiq Soulchild or John Legend keep glimmering through eloquent improv from the pianist and his trio… a warm, musical and humane Glasper venture.”

Ten years after making his Blue Note debut—and following two GRAMMY-winning volumes of his critically and commercially successful R&B-oriented Black Radio albums—Robert Glasper has returned to his acclaimed trio on this new recording. They reconvened at the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California, in December to record the album in front of an intimate live audience. The set list features songs written by hip-hop and R&B stars like Kendrick Lamar, JhenéAiko and Bilal alongside the jazz standard “Stella By Starlight.” Displaying his trademark eclecticism, Glasper also includes a Joni Mitchell tune along with a stirring collaboration with legendary singer/activist Harry Belafonte. The Glasper originals on the album include a re-working of “I Don’t Even Care,” a bonus track from Black Radio 2 that featured Macy Gray and Jean Grae.

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