Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
Robert Glasperis an American jazz pianist and record producer. His 2012 album Black Radio won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth5 April 1978
CountryUnited States of America
heard honest kept people piano please selling trio
I've heard some people say that I'm selling out, but I'm not. If I hadn't done 'Black Radio', and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldn't be honest with myself; I'd be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.
music people relate tap
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.
piano people black
Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be honest with myself; Id be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.
iphone people long
Once I started getting mainstream people to my shows, I realized we were taking too many solos, and they were too long. I started gauging when people were going on their iPhones.
years people african-american
I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.
people generations honest
Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music.
responsibility flirting people
I do feel a responsibility because most people like me that are my age or younger, they don't quite make it over to the jazz side. They flirt with it, but they don't quite marry it.
thinking people style
I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.
song people lasts
"Cannonball Adderley said, 'First 20 minutes we'll jazz out, then the last hour it's gonna be songs that people paid to see.' Which is why he was driving a Rolls-Royce."
people trying doe
A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?
chance time
I was really a nerd, and I was really more of a jazz nerd. So when I had my chance to put on something, most of the time it was going to be jazz, or gospel, or something like that.
main stations
Your main radio stations, the stations that get the most listeners, don't play anything that has any kind of integrity to it.
life
My first memories of life were in rehearsal; that's why I can sleep through anything.
crashing five great hear lives music saying songs
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.