Robert Andre Glasper is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger whose career spans several musical and artistic genres, primarily jazz. Glasper has four Grammy Awards and nine nominations in eight categories to date.
Glasper’s breakout crossover album, Black Radio, won the 2013 Grammy for best R&B album, and following this success he performed on various successful albums, including playing keyboards on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly and winning another Grammy for the track “These Walls”.
The ongoing Black Radio series of albums has since become Glasper’s calling card, with guests including Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), Bilal, Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu. Black Radio was the first album in history to debut in the top ten of four different genre charts at the same time: Hip Hop R&B, Urban Contemporary, Jazz, and Contemporary Jazz. Black Radio 2 then repeated the feat.
What style of jazz is Robert Glasper?
Robert Glasper is a jazz pianist.