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...Both tonight’s accompanists were also Glasper regulars and supported Francies’s trains of thought with ease....
...Casey Benjamin is the charismatic saxophonist, vocoder vocalist and occasional keytar player who once fronted the Robert Glasper Experiment band....
...Conductor/arranger Barker began the evening with a noirish concerto of his own and introduced the second half with a medley of modern jazz classics celebrating 60 years of Ronnie Scott’s club....
...Although the band members have worked together in high-profile bands — Robert Glasper, Steve Coleman and Terence Blanchard set the tone — this is a new project, and at times the band seemed to be feeling...
...Smith was promoting his excellent Blue Note album Evolution — his first for the label in 45 years — which features guest appearances from the likes of Robert Glasper and saxophonist Joe Lovano....
...An introspective, late-night ambience permeated Robert Glasper’s closing half of this strong jazz piano-trio double bill....
...Dave’s credits range from Adele and Beyoncé to Sonny Rollins and Robert Glasper; all were referenced here, as laid-back grooves launched tense modern funk and tricky sax was followed by a single honk on...
...Roy Hargrove’s acoustic late set at Ronnie Scott’s, though considerably quieter, was equally intense....
...Today’s crossover front-runners have market-friendly keyboard skills or vocal talent and, like Robert Glasper and Esperanza Spalding, reference hip-hop, dance and left-field pop....
...Glasper was using the Ronnie Scott’s gig to dry-run material for a forthcoming Blue Note recording, and was keen to explain the mechanics of his music....
...The romantic undertow of early American music surfaced in Joey Calderazzo’s trio gig at Ronnie Scott’s later the same evening....
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...Like the equally authoritative trumpeter Christian Scott, whose quintet raised the roof at Ronnie’s last week, he connects jazz to contemporary urban sounds without tinkering with authenticity....
...Now it’s Scott who’s a serious dude, forging, along with pianist Robert Glasper, a credible jazz/hip-hop alliance with a trumpet sound that was three years in the crafting....
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