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Robert Glasper

Grammy-Winning Pianist · Producer 4 albums picked

Robert Andre Glasper is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz. Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from 11 nominations.

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What Robert Glasper said · 4 records

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Miles Smiles
Miles Davis Quintet ·1967
"I love it because it's so raw. The way they're playing this stuff is really raw. Everybody kind of leaves a whole lot of space on this album and I thought that was really dope, because it took the music somewhere else."
Watch this moment 0:52
Silhouette
Kenny G ·1988
"This album, Kenny G 'Silhouette' is the first jazz album I've ever had. I was playing clarinet at the time, in stage band, and I used to want to be Kenny G... I played this record all the time."
Watch this moment 1:39
Off the Wall
Michael Jackson ·1979
"'Off the Wall' actually used to scare me. It starts off... I used to skip over that, because it scared the hell out of me, all the time."
Watch this moment 2:57
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