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Posts Tagged Robert Glasper

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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dinner Party: Dinner Party – Dessert

Dinner Party Dinner Party: Dessert Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE In the middle of this year (the American summer) a supergroup rather quietly snuck into place. All of its members had worked together in various combinations or at least mixed in the same musical circles – but it’s a stacked deck: Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 9th Wonder, Album Review, Alt. Versions, Bilal, Dessert, Dinner Party, Dinner Party: Dessert, Dinner Party: Dinner Party - Dessert, Edit, EP, Herbie Hancock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Mini-Album, Phoelix, R'n'B, Remix, Robert Glasper, Snoop Dogg, Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE, Supergroup, Tank and The Bangas, Tarriona 'Tank' Ball, Terrace Martin, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July (2) 2020

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… This […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, 9th Wonder, Afternoons, Dinner Party, Jesse Mulligan, Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade, July, Kamasi Washington, Phone, Radio, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: July (2) 2020, Robert Glasper, RoundAgain, Supergroups, Taupo, Terrace Martin, Tuesday ·

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July 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dinner Party: Dinner Party

Dinner Party Dinner Party Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE What a supergroup! Dinner Party is the name of the band-project and the name of this 7-track mini-album/EP featuring Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder. That’s almost too much talent to pack into one studio on any given day – and this mini-album […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 9th Wonder, Album Review, Dinner Party, EP, Kamasi Washington, Mini-Album, Robert Glasper, S/T, Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE, Supergroup, Terrace Martin, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Miles Ahead [OST]

Various Artists: Miles Ahead [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Sony Legacy I’m not sure it’s possible – and I really believe I gave it a nudge – to accurately describe what a giant let-down and huge waste of time (and talent) the Miles Ahead movie was; not a biopic but some fantasy buddy action flick bullshit, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bitches Brew, Film Review, Miles Ahead, Miles Davis, Robert Glasper, Score, Soundtrack, V/A: Miles Ahead [OST] ·

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September 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Kris Bowers: Heroes + Misfits

Kris Bowers Heroes + Misfits Concord If you want to bridge the gap between Thelonious Monk and Robert Glasper you can look to Kris Bowers, 24-year-old wunderkind, here to save modern jazz and jazz-piano in one fell swoop. Bowers’s debut as a leader shows his skills and knowledge across classical, jazz and modern composition. There’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Heroes + Misfits, Jazz, Keyboard, Kris Bowers, Piano, Robert Glasper, Steve Reich, Stevie Wonder, Thelonious Monk ·

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August 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Bilal: A Love Surreal

Bilal A Love Surreal Entertainment One Music My first thought, possibly churlish, was this’ll do until that new D’Angelo drops. But actually that is how I’ve ended up feeling about this – it’ll do. And though, elsewhere, you’ll read praise from people falling over themselves over this cosmic R’n’B, I can’t get enthused about the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Love Surreal, Album Review, Bilal, D'Angelo, Prince, Robert Glasper, The Roots ·

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