Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
Robert Glasperis an American jazz pianist and record producer. His 2012 album Black Radio won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth5 April 1978
CountryUnited States of America
mother country morning
It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&B clubs, jazz clubs, church on Sunday morning where she was the music director, pop hits, soft rock. I grew up listening to all this music, so it was never one thing for me.
iphone people long
Once I started getting mainstream people to my shows, I realized we were taking too many solos, and they were too long. I started gauging when people were going on their iPhones.
years people african-american
I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.
space hip-hop bars
It's the repetitive thing that brings space. That's one of the things I love secretly about hip-hop. Jazz doesn't have that element. It changes every bar, nothing is ever the same.
singers interviews magazines
If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.
feelings wow today
Instead of hearing, "Oh, he's good," I'd rather hear, "Wow, you changed my feelings today, you made me feel different."
art experiments
Experiment is actually doing the art. That's the experiment and then you get to experience the experiment.
thinking play radio
I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it.
girl kids years
My fan base is extremely random. It's the 14-year-old white kid sitting next to your auntie from St. Luke's Baptist Church, to the 20-year-old Black girl who probably would go to a Rihanna concert, but she's coming to my show.
song people lasts
"Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.' Which is why he was driving a Rolls-Royce."
people trying doe
A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?
memories sleep firsts
My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything.