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Robert Glasper
Robert Andre Glasper (born April 5, 1978) is an American pianist and record producer. He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards and has won three Grammys and one Emmy Award. His 2012 album Black Radio won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards. His 2014 album Black Radio 2 was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 56th Grammy Awards. The song "These Walls", on which Glasper plays keys, from Kendrick Lamar's album To Pimp A Butterfly won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 57th Grammy Awards. The soundtrack for the film Miles Ahead, for which Glasper was a producer, won Best Soundtrack Compilation at the 58th Grammy Awards. The song "Letter to the Free", written with Common for the Ava DuVernay documentary 13th, won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
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New York’s Blue Note Reopens with Robert Glasper (A Gallery)

The Blue Note Jazz Club in New York officially reopened its doors on Tuesday, June 15 to an in-person crowd. Besides a few socially distanced performances this past fall, the shows marked Blue Note’s first ticketed event since March 2020. Keys-master Robert Glasper kicked off the 2021 Blue Note Jazz...
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Miami New Times

Robert Glasper Returns to Miami After 2020 Cancellations

The last time Robert Glasper was scheduled to perform in Miami seems like a lifetime ago. The acclaimed jazz-fusion pianist and composer had planned to team up with genre-bending contemporary pop-meets-classical orchestra Nu Deco Ensemble for two shows at the New World Center in Miami Beach way back in March 2020.
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Mavis Staples, Robert Glasper Confirmed For 2021 Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Jazz Festival has revealed their 2021 lineup, featuring Mavis Staples, Wynton Marsalis, Khruangbin, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Andra Day and Robert Glasper as headliners. The festival is set to take place on July 30-August 1, 2021 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. Robert Glasper will be...
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Blue Note NYC To Reopen With 2021 Jazz Festival Ft. Robert Glasper, Jacob Collier, John Scofield, George Clinton & P-Funk, More

Iconic NYC haunt Blue Note Jazz Club will become one of the first Manhattan venues to welcome back live audiences this September with its annual Blue Note Jazz Festival, set to take place from June 15th through August 15th. The festival will feature in-person concerts both indoors at the famed Greenwich Village club and outdoors at SummerStage in Central Park.
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Robert Glasper and Meshell Ndegeocello team up to talk about the BRIC JazzFest [Interview]

Next week kicks off the 2021 annual BRIC JazzFest. The 3-day festival begins Thursday, April 8th and will run through Saturday, April 11th at 7 P.M EST. at BRICartsmedia.org/JazzFest. To celebrate the blueprint of music, the virtual festival will include performances from trumpeter and activist Keyon Harrold, Phony Ppl, Nikara presents Black Wall Street, and many more. In addition to a heavy roster of fresh and talented artists, multi-Grammy and Emmy Award-winning artist, Robert Glasper, and multi-Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello join the lineup alongside Roy Ayers. In honor of this festival, Glasper and Ndegeocello caught up with EARMILK to talk about the event and the beauty of jazz.
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Blue Note Jazz Club + The Rhythm Foundation Present Arturo Sandoval, Robert Glasper and more!

Blue Note Jazz Club Presents is excited to partner with the Rhythm Foundation for an exclusive series of concerts at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach, Florida. The music scene in Miami has long been at the center of the city’s cultural experience with influences in jazz, latin, hip-hop and more setting the stage for this exciting collaboration in live entertainment. The series will kick-off in June 2021 with more to be announced.
Miami New Times

Blue Note Jazz Club to Bring Robert Glasper and Big Freedia to North Beach Bandshell

The gradual reawakening of Miami's live-music scene continues this week with the announcement that New York City's Blue Note Jazz Club has partnered with local concert promoter the Rhythm Foundation for a summer concert series. Kicking off the series in June are Arturo Sandoval, Robert Glasper, Big Freedia, and the...