Each generation of jazz players includes at least a few epoch-defining pianists, and right now, we’re living in the age of Robert Glasper. His long-standing trio with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid has served, to some extent, as the bandleader’s connection to tradition, as his other projects are filigreed with noteworthy collaborators from sundry genres—soul and R&B singer Bilal and rapper Yasiin Bey (also known as Mos Def), among them.…
Each generation of jazz players includes at least a few epoch-defining pianists, and right now, we’re living in the age of Robert Glasper. His long-standing trio with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid has served, to some extent, as the bandleader’s connection to tradition, as his other projects are filigreed with noteworthy collaborators from sundry genres—soul and R&B singer Bilal and rapper Yasiin Bey (also known as Mos Def), among them.…