Robert Glasper

Person · Male

Robert Glasper

piano

From
Houston, United States
Since
1978–present
Rating
★ 4 (3 votes)
Releases
41
  • jazz
  • neo soul
  • contemporary jazz
  • hip hop
  • instrumental jazz
  • post-bop
  • progressive
  • r&b

About

Robert Andre Glasper (born April 5, 1978) is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered on jazz. Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from 11 nominations.

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Glasper's breakout album, Black Radio (2012), peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and won Best R&B Album at 55th Annual Grammy Awards. The following year, he released its sequel, Black Radio 2. In 2015, he played keyboards on Kendrick Lamar's album To Pimp a Butterfly, and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2015 drama film Miles Ahead.
Outside of his own musical work, he has co-written or produced albums for Mac Miller, Anderson .Paak, The Kid Laroi, Banks, Herbie Hancock, Big K.R.I.T., Brittany Howard, Bilal, Denzel Curry, Q-Tip, and Talib Kweli, among others. He won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his song "A Letter to the Free" featured in Ava DuVernay's documentary, 13th, along with Common and Karriem Riggins. Glasper also composed the score for the documentary film The Apollo, and composed the original score for Issa Rae's The Photograph.
He has also been an Artist in Residence at venues including the London Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and the Blue Note Jazz Club.

From Robert Glasper on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

Albums 10
Singles 19
Live 3
Compilations 1
Other 8

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Robert Andre Glasper

Tags

  • rhythm and blues

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000080014437
IPI
00430989241
IPI
00430989339

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.