Robert Glasper

Robert Glasper
Glasper in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Robert Andre Glasper[1]
Born	(1978-04-06) April 6, 1978 (age 46)[2]
Origin	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Jazz hip hop R&B neo soul fusion jazz
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter arranger keyboardist
Instruments	Piano Fender Rhodes keyboards
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Sounds of Crenshaw Loma Vista Columbia Legacy Blue Note Fresh Sounds
Member of	August Greene Robert Glasper Experiment
Website	robertglasper.com

Robert Andre Glasper (born April 6, 1978) is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz. Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from 11 nominations.

Glasper's breakout album Black Radio (2012) peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the 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, Banks, Herbie Hancock, Big K.R.I.T., Brittany Howard, Bilal, Denzel Curry, Q-Tip, and Talib Kweli amongst 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 some of the most prestigious festivals and institutions worldwide, including the London Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and the Blue Note Jazz Club.