Robert Glasper Experiment: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

The third song in this Tiny Desk Concert, explains the jocose pianist Robert Glasper, first appeared on one of his trio’s albums of acoustic, instrumental jazz. It was called “.“ then, though it later acquired words and a singer and was retitled “Gonna Be Alright“ on the record which won the 2013 Grammy for Best R&B Album. That in itself provides a sense of the worlds to which Glasper has access; depending on your point of view, he either freely traverses or explodes those boundaries. Glasper has rele