Collagically Speaking

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R+R=NOW

AlbumJun 15 / 201811 songs, 1h 13m 24s80%
Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion Acid Jazz
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7.0 / 10

Jazz pianist Robert Glasper assembles an all-star cast in search of a sound that might reflect the tenor of the times; the meditative results are shaded by politics without wallowing in it.

Robert Glasper, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Terrace Martin and more revel in their collaborative vibe on this supergroup's debut LP

Keyboardist Robert Glasper purportedly came up with the concept for R+R=Now (which means reflect and respond now), his forward-looking jazz supergroup, while producing Nina Revisited, a companion album to the 2015 Nina Simone documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?