Robert Glasper is an American pianist, composer, and producer from Houston, United States. A leading figure in contemporary jazz, he is renowned for blending jazz with hip hop, neo‑soul, and R&B, leading the Robert Glasper Experiment and collaborating in collectives such as R+R=Now and Dinner Party. After training at Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and New York’s New School, he emerged with acoustic trio records like "Canvas" and "In My Element", then bridged his jazz and crossover work on "Double Booked".
His breakthrough "Black Radio" won the Grammy for Best R&B Album, spawning sequels "Black Radio 2" and "Black Radio III" (also a Grammy winner). Notable projects include "ArtScience", "Covered", "Everything’s Beautiful" (reimagining Miles Davis), and the Dinner Party releases. Key singles include "Afro Blue" (feat. Erykah Badu), "Calls" (feat. Jill Scott), and "Better Than I Imagined" (with H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello), which won the Grammy for Best R&B Song. He also shared a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Jesus Children" with Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm‑Jamal Warner. Beyond recordings, Glasper’s collaborations span Kendrick Lamar, Common, Bilal, Anderson .Paak and others, and he is celebrated for inventive live residencies, notably at New York’s Blue Note.
