Robert Glasper - Canvas -2002- Flac Online

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Here is why you need to find this specific album in lossless quality. Released on Blue Note Records, Canvas is not a fusion record. It is a straight-ahead acoustic jazz album that feels anything but straight. Robert Glasper - Canvas -2002- flac

Glasper arrived on the scene carrying the DNA of his mentors: the rhythmic intensity of Kenny Kirkland, the harmonic sophistication of Herbie Hancock (specifically the Maiden Voyage era), and the soulful melancholy of Bill Evans. But unlike the neo-classicists of the early 2000s who were simply recreating hard-bop, Glasper brought something silent but seismic: That brings us to

There are albums that teach you how to listen to jazz, and then there are albums that remind you why you fell in love with music in the first place. It is a straight-ahead acoustic jazz album that

This is the burner. A hard-bop swinger that feels like it’s about to fly off the rails but never does. In lossless audio, the attack of Glasper’s right hand is startling. You can hear the subtle difference between when he is laying into the keys versus when he is feathering them for comping.