The Robert Glasper Trio December 8, 2010 NYC, NY @ Village Vanguard FM/SBD (WBGO) > ADCOM GTP-450 Tuner > Edirol R-09HR (44.1/16) > Sony Soundforge 10 > FLAC level 6 aligned on SB 01 - Josh Jackson intro (1:01) 02 - Robert Glasper intro (1:17) 03 - G&B > Dilla Joint (Glasper) (19:29) 04 - One For 'Grew (Glasper) (10:20) 05 - I Have A Dream (Hancock) (10:13) 06 - Unknown (w IPod intro) (Glasper) (9:11) 07 - Yes I'm Country (And That's OK) (Glasper) (10:33) 08 - Josh Jackson outro (1:19) Total Running Time: 66:42 Robert Glasper - piano Vicente Archer - bass Jamire Williams - drums Credits: Josh Jackson - producer and host David Tallacksen - mix engineer Garrett Nichols - production assistant Simon Rentner - production assistant Michael Downes - production assistant Robert Glasper info: http://www.robertglasper.com/ (official site) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Glasper (wiki entry) --------------------------------------- From NPR's website: (http://www.npr.org/2010/12/09/131722844/robert-glasper-trio-live-at-the-village-vanguard December 8, 2010 The line on Robert Glasper recently is that he's a jazz musician who also works intensely with top hip-hop and R&B artists: Maxwell, Q-Tip, Mos Def and so forth. That narrative came to the fore around the time of his 2009 album Double Booked, which showcased his ability to fuse his distinct aesthetics. But he's still very much a jazz pianist, committed to the improvising community. Glasper is a fount of supple, flowing lines, and his piano trio is a shape-shifting, communicative unit. His group certainly passes muster at the Village Vanguard, the New York jazz bastion. WBGO and NPR Music were there to record the Robert Glasper trio in concert, in a live radio broadcast and simultaneous webcast on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Glasper is a ruminative pianist, often letting sostenuto melodies simmer with a few extra grace notes or broken arpeggios for color, probing his way through moody harmonies. In concert, his trio is highly flexible, apt to change directions or follow tangents on a mid-song whim. In his opening song, he quoted at least three Christmas songs, and at least one J. Dilla beat. Elsewhere, he dedicated one song to the piano giant Mulgrew Miller, recently ailing; took on a late '60s Herbie Hancock tune; and crowdsourced his last number, the original "Yes I'm Country (And That's OK)." His concept works because he always picks out musicians who can follow and add feedback effortlessly. On the gig were Vicente Archer, his longtime associate on bass, and Jamire Williams, who commands a wide percussive vocabulary at a young age. Originally, Glasper hails from Houston; he found his way to New York to study music in college. But the first close friend he made was the soul singer Bilal, then a fellow jazz student. So while Glasper was learning straight-ahead jazz, he was also accruing professional opportunities in the hip-hop/neo-soul community. Prospects have improved for him in both veins since then; when he wasn't promoting Double Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records, he was on the road with the singer Maxwell. He may be of two musical worlds, but Glasper commands the highest respect in each. Not all pianists can book a residency at the Village Vanguard, but this broadcast marked his second week at the club this year. ---------------------------------------