Robert Glasper - Canvas (2019 Blue Note Records) 2 x LP Brand New Sealed

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Canvas by Robert Glasper

2019 Blue Note Records

2 x 180 gram vinyl lp, gatefold sleeve

Please note that the third and fourth photos are of my own personal copy to demonstrate gatefold and show vinyl. Your copy will be sealed

Brand New and Sealed

Shipped with USPS Media Mail

This is Robert Glasper’s first album for Blue Note, originally released in 2005, this is the first time it’s been released on vinyl

The Allmusic review by Ronnie D. Langford Jr. stated "Canvas is both melodic and adventurous, and will please both Glasper's fans and anyone who appreciates good piano jazz". 4 out of 5 stars

On All About Jazz, Chris May said "his music is firmly—gloriously—in the Tyner/Hancock/Jarrett tradition: harmonically and melodically rich, rhythmically virile, and focused on in-the-moment improv. ... A beautiful balance of energy, momentum, and melody, Canvas announces the arrival of a new keyboard star-in-the-making, and a burning new trio. Wonderful stuff". 4/5 stars

In The Guardian, John Fordham observed "Robert Glasper is a 26-year-old Houston-born piano virtuoso with a light, dancing touch. ... On the face of it, Canvas sounds like the work of just another mostly-acoustic keyboard threesome in a jazz landscape teeming with such outfits. Glasper applies wistful Bill Evans chords to softly waltzing ballads. He fuels uptempo pieces with taut and shapely bursts of Hancockish virtuosity and adopts a gently rocking lyricism along the lines of Jarrett and Mehldau here and there. ... The originals are by no means as striking as the playing, but you can hear why Blue Note has hopes for this newcomer, who is steeped in tradition yet audibly contemporary".[3]

In JazzTimes, David R. Adler wrote "Canvas situates Glasper to full advantage. ... All the tracks but “Riot” are originals, although Glasper's take on Hancock stands out as an artistic centerpiece. Playing Rhodes as well as piano, he takes a seemingly inconsequential snippet of the melody and loops it as a five-bar phrase for soloing. As an example of sonic and formal creativity, this is a stunner. But it's also a window into Glasper's emerging sound, in which advanced jazz lines, neosoul cadences and hints of hip-hop rhythm all play a role.".