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Article: ROBERT GLASPER
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- The Village Voice
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- July 28, 2004
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ROBERT GLASPER
Blue Note
July 19
BULL MARKET
Blue Note brass command table at pianist's Blue Note debut
Robert Glasper's stock, too new ever to have been undervalued, has lately soared thanks to a Brooklyn club residency, some high-yield exposure with Bilal, and a shout-out from the Times. His 2003 debut, Mood, has turned a few heads too, even though it's on the Spanish indie label Fresh Sound NewTalent. No accident that Blue Note Records brass commanded a table at his first headlining gig in a marquee club.
Clasper is a percussive pianist, given to stabbing arpeggios and intricate two-handed puzzles. He began the second song of the night with a rumble of close-voiced clusters, a barrage of ...