We reach R and the A-Z of New Music rolls on in an urban jazz hip-hop styley……..Robert Glasper.

Robert Glasper is a jazz pianist from USA and combines jazz, hip-hop and soul to create, I think, a slightly awkward sound. Listen to ‘All Matter’, from Glasper’s album, Double Booked, and you’ll understand. I’m not a great fan of modern jazz but I wished he’d stick to that, this attempt to mix genres doesn’t work in my book. His latest album, Black Radio, has gone down the road of ‘featuring’ different artists. All this creates is an album that barely holds itself together and feels incredibly disjointed.

Overall, stick to the soul stuff and you might just pass…..

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