-2002- Flac ~repack~: Robert Glasper - Canvas

Turn off the lights. Put on the good headphones. Find that FLAC file. And listen to the future of jazz before it knew it was the future.

For many listeners, the name Robert Glasper immediately conjures images of the Grammy-winning, genre-shattering collective Robert Glasper Experiment or the hip-hop head-nod of Black Radio . We think of him as the connective tissue between Herbie Hancock and J Dilla. But before the electric keys, the Auto-Tune, and the Yasiin Bey features, there was a 24-year-old prodigy from Houston sitting behind an acoustic grand piano. Robert Glasper - Canvas -2002- flac

: A melodic, brisk opener that immediately displays the trio's tight interplay. : The ten-minute title track featuring Mark Turner Turn off the lights

Without Canvas , there is no . Without the pristine clarity of FLAC, you miss the whisper before the storm. And listen to the future of jazz before

For the collector, the 2002 FLAC is the time machine. It transports you to a small Brooklyn studio, where a 24-year-old pianist played his first notes for Blue Note, unaware that he was about to rewrite the rules of modern music. Do not stream this album. Do not play it on your phone speaker. Find the FLAC. Turn up the gain. Listen to the space between the notes.

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