tranemonk Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Why does he get so much press and called a genius? I honestly don't know. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Me three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 The record I've heard aka "Black Radio" didn't leave me aching for more .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 (edited) Glasper's a fine Jazz musician on the evidence of the few times I've seen him live. His music has always been informed by contemporary R&B and Hip Hop since his earlier albums and he has moved more into those areas on recent releases. He's widely acknowledged, not sure he's often called a genius, by a younger audience for creating music and facilitating others to do so in a contemporary take on an R&B/Hip Hop/Jazz crossover. I"d be surprised if his music is widely appreciated on this board, a place that doesn't really embrace, with a few exceptions, contemporary music where Jazz is influenced by Hip Hop and contemporary R&B. So, not a genius but an important musician in my view. Edited April 12 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Certainly one of the more convincing artists from the previous generation to "cross over", something that seems to be a bit easier to do now but was rarely done as successfully a decades ago when hip hop was still a sharply defined genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 I haven’t been all that impressed with the Glasper CDs that I’ve heard, though I probably haven’t heard any since the first two Blue Notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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