Robert Glasper Experiment: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- 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 "F.T.B." 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 released two albums of what you might call neo-soul, or maybe organic R&B, featuring a core band (The Robert Glasper Experiment) and guest stars like Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco and Norah Jones. Black Radio and last year's sequel, Black Radio 2, aren't heard much on "urban" radio, but the point is that they ought to be. Glasper builds his songs with old-school values: singers and MCs who don't need software to carry a melody, improvising within a band, hand-building beats and vamps with live instruments.
That's what you see at the Tiny Desk. "Trust" features Marsha Ambrosius, formerly of the duo Floetry, and it's a good example of the Black Radio concept in raw, unpasteurized form. The middle tune is an ad hoc improvisation, and a good example of how Glasper and his Experiment have so dialed in their communication that they can plant seeds of noise and harvest blooms of music. By the time "F.T.B" (a.k.a. "Gonna Be Alright") rolls around, the mood is familiar and at ease. It's the sound of a band whose members speak many musical languages, but decide to converse in one that feels like its native tongue.
--PATRICK JARENWATTANANON
Set List
"Trust"
"NPR Tiny Desk Jam"
"F.T.B. (Gonna Be Alright)"
Personnel
Robert Glasper, keyboards
Derrick Hodge, bass
Mark Colenburg, drums
Marsha Ambrosius, voice
Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Denise DeBelius; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Denise DeBelius, Becky Harlan, Meredith Rizzo
I am truly amazed about the fact that the drummer got so manny different sounds out of such a small kit. Nothing but respect!
The drummer did add Tiny Desk's TIny Gong to his Tiny Kit tho.
Mark Colenburg is no joke!!!
I didn't even notice, truly dope
That’s musicianship & creativity. ❤️
Limitations breed creativity
Oh, My, God. Them piecing together that improv was just mesmerizing. The magic of the beats at work. Beautiful.
man... derrick is putting on a masterclass on how to play bass behind a vocalist.... Jesus. his phrasing and placement is unparalleled
Wooow just wooow! The part with Marsha singing was the most beautiful to me she looked, sounded and gestured so beautifully. Her voice sounds so passionate than soft again with the amazing bass player, drummer and of course the Genius RG!
I just recently started listening to Jazz. Imma start with recent music and go back!!! I love his fusion of this music. Sends me high. Peace & Blessings
Chris brown, THIS is Robert Glasper
Amen homie, even love his Trio better dude !!
Marsha from Floetry! Her voice is amazing!
the first song had me close to tears that was some beautiful stuff man. Robert Glaspe one of the few groups who sound as good if not better live
F.T.B. was just so badass, I mean it's like I can just feel my soul dancing to this. Yeah, this is music for the soul.
those bass chords at the end of Trust are unbelievable, so beautiful!
Isn't that the girl from floetry????
Yes
Yes
Marsha Ambrosius
No that’s Marsha Marsha Marsha.
HOLY FUCK these guys are pure genius!
That BASS! shit! Killer! WOOW!
Wholly shit the track from 09.00 onward is so tight between drums, it is almost like they merge to one. You can almost not tell when the bass plays percussive and where it' s a kick drum. These guys really keep it in the pocket. And if we then start with the ideas in abundance from Robert...you just don't know where to begin to describe this...
Love her voice!
my God....this music is melody that flies to the angels and comes back with the most inspirational sound ,that i heard in years....you people are awesome!
Man when that chorus kicks in on the first song Trust? "I need yoooooouuuu love.........."wow goosebumps!!!!😑
Thanks for this upload!
Everytime I hear them play, its getting better and better! Gotta love that band.
How fortunate are we that there are artists like Marsha Ambrosius "out there?" Ans: VERY fortunate!
Amazing performance from all
Just so much talent
Fire by far best Tiny Desk 💯💪🏿
Marsha with the Dilla tribute! :-)
Malcolm Nelson most ppl wont peep that
I was hoping to see comments acknowledging this, i knew it couldn’t be unintentional
Bruh! Ya dig?
Explain please
her shirt
Thaaank You!! 💛🤟🏾🙏🏽
ROBERT!!!!! Oh but the Pabst Blue Ribbon on the shelf is priceless.
Too funny... so I was just watching Common's Tiny Desk performance, and this here video was next in the queue and as soon as I see Robert Glasper, I'm like 'ho up...wasn't he the guy on piano in Common's video?!' Small world. ;-)
Me too, but the other way round :-)
THE BAND! Yeah! YES!!! Nice Bass.
Taking over the future of Dope Bop Jazz, now that Roy (Hargrove) is gone RIP !!!
This was pretty sick!! All pros, good production-great sound!!🙃🎹🎵🎶🕊
Robert Glasper. Thats my dude. Im a huge fan. Its crazy though that Marsha Ambrosius is 39. She looks like shes 25.
her voice is unique....explicitly soulful
UHHHH, THIS IS SICK.
Pure, unadulterated musical bliss! This man is a genius.
Love. Have the podcast. Great seeing them live.
Maravilloso!! Glasper y su banda, genios!! Un auténtico deleite escuchar esta joya!!!
This was awesome, can you guys get Moonchild on here?!
Beautiful
It’s the drum set up for me
9:35 ... bass heaven
Wow......thanks, Robert!
Un deleite para mis oídos.. felicito semejante talento, saludos desde Uruguay!
Fantastic !!
Im such a robert glasper groupie
Have you seen R+R=Now live yet? Holy shit what a band!!!
guys it"s amasing! oh yes!!!Thanks!
This is one of my favorite things.
Wow! Fabulous! Thanks Chris
this brother plays beautifully
just came to the sound of the bass.
Very talented musicians
The intro to ftb was so awesome
so good, super, intellectual overkill fed to you so slowly you didn't notice you were listening to real hard core bop jazz.....all bullshit aside though loved it more than i care to say to y'all tube heads... peace though....
Hopefully this kind of music will be popular in the future. I can see it, can you? Imagine teenagers arguing over harmonic changes, parents and children gathering together to listen to their mutually favorite artist. I know I'm a dreamer, but well I think you've heard that one before.
Savvas Yerocosta to As much as I would love for Jazz to be popular, I'm fine with Hip Hop being the popular music of choice. It requires much more thought than a pop song does.
Jazz has never been mainstream or popular and it never will be.
But that's okay. I get to see the best musicians on the planet in tiny clubs that hold 120 people.
@@charliechaplin7959 That's completely historically incorrect. The first half of the 20th century was dominated by jazz in the radio.
@@charliechaplin7959 ....what?....which history book did that come from?
19:01 - p19:03 Derrick is champion
Is this available for purchase on iTunes? This is awesome.
Da Hodge!
musicians instinctively let out a "ohhhhhhh..." @ 13:53
Bass is so bad ass
Magistral
Love this music
superb!
What a bass sound…
Although it's hard to pick favorites, I'd say my favorite stuff laid down during this 'cert starts at about 19:11
Straight FIYA
마음의 고향
Good
Flava!
Great job that was awesome🙏🙏🙏
Pretty good
Houston's greatest pianist.
Siiiiiiiiick!!!
dope!
6:27 is crazy
Colenburg and Hodge.....
Baaaaaaddddddf Boyz
18:59 bass
Respect!#$
I love how Robert Glasper always brings good vibes. Reminds everyone that music is about fun, joy and expression.
Does anybody notice the slight humming of Glasper when he's playing . You'll hear it with your headphones . But he's singing and adding harmony's with the keys from time to time.
Don lol when I first noticed it, I was ticked off with my headphones. Like "What is that buzzing?!?!?" LOL that man is singing over his own tracks lol
As soon as I heard it, I checked the comments to make sure I wasn’t crazy... I’m not crazy! 😂 he’s definitely humming
Happens sometimes when you get lost in the vibe
Erroll Garner used to do that too... A little bit louder
@@niklaslachmann1038 and Tigran
8:50 can we just take a minute and appreciate the drummer.
We can take several minutes.
As a matter of fact, where you been at fam? We had a drummer appreciation club a few comments up. Lol.
Jk jk.
Grown folks music. Energy, as it's presented. This was everything.
Robert Glasper is a true musician...a gift to inspire us on this draining planet.
Dee Rich Absolutely!
amen
draining planet. lol. There is much of everything on this planet. Whats pivotal is how we carry ourselves and what we choose to embody through it all. Blessings. Yeah hes a genuine musical genius. peace..
Dee Rich LOL
Look into the planet being a plain, an enclosed system created and perfect. Do not let the fear mongers of this world affect you. Turn your head away and lift your eyes to the heavens
Who else but a jazz artist can so confidently pull off a spontaneous improvisation?
Jazz is the best music eva!!!!!! The perfect blend of intellectualism and soul.
You nailed it. That's jazz in a nutshell
🙏🏿❤️
Jazz is everything, it's gospel, it's soul, it's hip hop, it's rhythm and blues, it's pop, there's so many places u can take jazz.
Well said❤
I love that bass line D Hodge does @10:37... Beautiful. This whole set is great but I especially love the improv.
The drummer and bassist are so sharp and in tune with Glasper it's unreal. A joy to behold.
Careful using sharp as a descriptor for musicians
@@MangroveLord they really sound flat and down to earth.
Check out Derrick Hodge album. He is so dope.
Its 2019 and I am just now seeing this. Hey better late than never right?
Of course!
Same
Same!
Yup
Well I'm just seeing it in 2020. So don't feel bad. Absolutely amazing music!
Marsha sounds just like the record, and Robert is genius as always.
Just discovered this amazing musician today. Robert Glasper.... I'm a fan...wow! Nice touch and style.
Me too man he's amazing !!
Awe man!...Glad for you!...I have been a fan of Glasper since his beginning and have ALL his albums! Love the feeling of finding something wonderful such as the musical talents of musicians like Glasper!...Dive into his older music also, you won't regret it!
You are a smart man
Wow....delicious!!! Second, third and forth time around.
Chuck You must see him live. He's amazing and very down to earth.
Robert Glasper makes the STARS align. My dude has worked with some of The Best
My favorite Robert Glasper song (and actually maybe my favorite genre song of the whole genre) would be his tune entitled, "Calls" ( Featuring Jill Scott). Check that s**t out on YT. Chill!
Glasper is super talented. Marsha is awesome. This is REAL Music!
Marsha is so underrated 🔥🔥
Robert really nailed what Tiny Desk should be... and not bc he's a npr fan but bc he's a music lover
Monk and Coltrane are probably smiling at him from heaven saying look at what we created.
Dats rite!!!!
Eh, a bit of an overstatement... 😉
Man, it's a great tiny concert, but 'Trane was about something else entirely
Amazing talent all.
I personally don’t think saying that is an overstatement or that it devalues Monk or Trane’s work at all. They were the legends of their time, RG a legend of our time. Music evolves.
Marsha's low register is warm heartfelt soul, with a nice rasp. Her higher register is like rain drops gently falling, while a golden sun is still out shining, and there's a rainbow on the horizon. Beautiful.
Just like your words, homie. Art is truly the way of enlightening expression
Her voice is the other instrument.
Beautifully said.
One Love.
Well said
One of the more underrated shows even at 1.5 million. Enough people do not know about this man
there needs to be a band with glasper, thundercat, and spalding
+Jahka YASSS
+Jahka Are you implying thundercat is a better bassist than spalding?
+Jahka Ah... But I guess that would make me imply spalding is a better singer than thundercat.
Nate Fuller you can never go wrong with two soul singers, call and response is an essential soul characteristic
+Nate Fuller Thundercat's singing is great though, he's obviously not a very great singer but there's something about his voice that I love
I've been a Glasper fan for years but, Mark C. Is killing! Not to mention Hodge is on another planet.
I just cant get enough of the drums and bass:inspired and yet never losing the pocket!
Hodge is sublime on bass, so present, he can by lyrical, rhythmic, and he brings his own sense of harmony which gives the performance another dimension
Beautifully said. Everything he does seems like perfection, even to my non-musician ears
Get Hiatus Kaiyote on here!!
For real!
YES!!!!
OKAY!!
Yes!!!!!
Yes.
The "NPR Tiny Desk Jam" showcases the kind of musicianship that I find inspiring. Unbelievable.