Double Booked

Robert Glasper | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B002GSO3M0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,827 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. No Worries

2. Yes I'm Country (And That's OK)

3. Downtime

4. 59 South

5. Think of One

6. 4eva

7. Butterfly

8. Festival

9. For You

10. All Matter

11. Open Mind

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Robert Glasper is a man of many talents. Certainly, he's both an inarguably accomplished jazz pianist and a first-rate composer. But what Glasper does best is pick drummers. With 2007's In My Element, he provided Damion Reid with a platform to record nothing less than the drum performance of the year. For this album, Glasper teams up with Chris Dave, and the results are astonishing. It's a concept album, sort of. The first half features the Trio (Glasper, Dave, and bassist Vicente Archer) on a handful of originals and a take on Thelonius Monk's "Think of One." Throughout, the piano and drums intertwine with a complex integrity that sounds deceptively effortless. Then comes the Experiment: Derrick Hodge replaces Archer with an electric bass; Casey Benjamin adds saxes and vocoder; Bilal and Mos Def drop in for vocal cameos. The Experiment's five tracks differ in texture and depth from the Trio's set, but the adventurousness of the performances and the gorgeous lyricism of Dave's drumming fuse the album's halves into a single musical statement that makes for the year's best jazz album so far. --Jason Kirk

Product Description

2009 album from the Jazz pianist and composer, his third for the esteemed Blue Note Records label.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic jazz piano voice for the future September 16, 2009

By Jonathan Guarriello

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I recently purchased Robert Glasper's newest album Double Booked pretty much on a whim. I had never heard his music or really heard of him aside from his name mentioned here & there in Jazztimes magazine. Well let me tell you I was more than happy that I had picked this up, within an hour that same day I picked up Glaspers previous Blue Note cd In My Element and downloaded his live 2nd set from bonnaroo 2007. Each album was great. Anyway Double Booked is actually two facets of Glasper's music. The first half of the album is an acoustic piano jazz trio with Vicente Archer on acoustic bass & Chris Dave on drums and the second half is what Robert calls The Robert Glasper Experiment with ?uestlove from the Roots at the drums and as creative counterpart,this music is more electrified and features vocals by Bilal and rapper Mos Def. It features sax man Casey Benjamin who also works with Stefon Harris & Blackout. On electric bass Derrick Hodge steps in replacing Archer. The music is a hybrid of experimental hip hop & acoustic jazz that draws on studio production techniques to great effect. They do a original take on Herbie Hancock's Butterfly featuring vocoder vocals & a different arrangment than usual. I personally fell that the experiment is cool but still in the experimental phase trying to soildifie their sound and falls alittle short overall compositionally. I prefer the trio half of the disc. Glasper has had much more time in this area to prefect his methods & approach to the jazz piano trio. He's hard to put a label on soundwise its definitely jazz but with R&B and pop overtones that are subtle enough to invite the listener and make the music that much more accessible. Fans of this album be sure to delve into Glasper's back log of albums on Blue Note his 1st Canvas & In My Element are great. Also the Bonnaroo live set is awesome! The trio mates are killing Chris Dave is a great drummer with a original sound & feel. Vicente Archer is a soild groove meister offering rock soild support. Check out these fantastic young jazzers.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing and Incredible Talent! Pleasing Many Ears September 29, 2009

By Chuck McCall

Format:Audio CD

Since my introduction to the Canvas Album. Robert continues to advance his talents to new levels taking me to places that I had not dreamed of. You cannot call yourself a jazz advocate and miss out on this artist, for he will take you to places you have never been in the realm of Jazz MUSIC. Get "Double Booked" his latest and Enjoy!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz Guru November 23, 2009

By N. Wallace

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I saw the Robert Glasper Trio live in New York, which intrigued me to purchase the CD. This man is truly amazing. This is classic jazz. I'm sure that John Coltrane is looking down on him and smiling.