The Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Thelonious Monk Mike Downes (bass) and Robi

Mike Downes (bass) and Robi Botos (piano)

with poet/rapper Joshua Idehen spitting incendiary bars on the lingering 21st century evils of colonialism and oppression

Featuring big-name guests including legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock

each of which was given a richly textured arrangement for an ensemble that included a dynamic four-horn line-up

” Assured musical accompaniment comes from Molly’s three-piece band

The Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Thelonious Monk Mike Downes (bass) and RobiBlue Note, 2012 In 2012, Robert Glasper changed the game. After several acclaimed Blue Note albums with his acoustic trio that solidified his jazz credentials while hinting at his hip hop leanings, the visionary pianist went all in with "Black Radio," an album that laid out a new paradigm for creative music, reaching across genre boundaries to draw from all reaches of contemporary Black music and beyond. Featuring Glasper's Experiment band with Casey