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22 January 2021 The space where jazz, R&B, and hip-hop converge no longer seems like it should be described as some kind of “fusion”, where one type of music gives way to or shares space with another. It is one unified space today, of course, and it’s easy to see that these intersections always were one space, whether defined by Ray Charles, Miles Davis, or Kendrick Lamar. R+R=Now is a group convened by an artist who is native to that space: pianist Robert Glasper. Shortly after the group’s studio album, Collagically Speaking, released in 2018, Glasper got a four-week stint at New York’s Blue Note, during which he played with all his various ensembles and collaborators. The “Reflect and Respond Now” band got a stint and transformed their studio tracks into a deeper extended live groove session spacey and languid, hip and atmospheric. ....
Robert Glasper’s R+R=NOW project issues new live album By Adam Feibel Todd Cooper In October of 2018, Robert Glasper settled into a month-long residency at the Blue Note jazz club in New York an experience to which, at this point, he’s likely very eager to return. In the meantime, the pianist and his new collective R+R=NOW have shared a live album recorded that month, just after the group released their debut album Collagically Speaking via Blue Note. Led by Glasper on keys, the highly regarded, genre-bending band features the formidable talents of Terrace Martin on synthesizer, vocoder, and alto saxophone; Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah on trumpet; Derrick Hodge on bass; Taylor McFerrin on synthesizer; and Justin Tyson on drums. ....