INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Chanting, Jazzy, Beachy, Funky, Lonely Sounds

Robert Glasper The pianist Robert Glasper draws some of his notions of live jazz from J Dilla’s form-bending hip-hop records, and some of his notions of hip-hop from jazz’s subtle group interactions, and he’s starting to resemble a strong force in jazz right now. “Double-Booked,” his new album on Blue Note, advances both halves of his musical life: the Robert Glasper Trio, with the bassist Vicente Archer and the drummer Chris Dave, and what he calls the Robert Glas...

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