View basket “Exclusively For My Friends – The Lost Tapes” has been added to your basket. In December Robert Glasper SKU: LVR04192 Barcode: 0888072616165 30.00 £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord Released Date: 1st November 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Robert Glasper’s holiday album In December was released last year as an Apple Music exclusive. We’re now able offer it widely available to physical retail! Is there anything to be done with carols like “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Joy to the World” that hasn’t been done in the past 300 years? If there is, Grammy-winning pianist, composer, and producer Robert Glasper is the kind of artist to do it. “I like covering songs that people know well,” Glasper tells Apple Music. “That’s what I’ve done throughout my whole career.” It’s true: As a jazz pianist, he’s obviously learned his way around making classics his own, whether they were written by Mongo Santamaría or Kurt Cobain. But, he says, “The biggest challenge in making a holiday album was trying to do it in a way that feels festive but at the same time feels real and not corny.” He succeeds on both fronts on In December, his holiday album that mixes classic carols with a set of originals, and which was recorded in Spatial Audio. Part of what keeps it credible is the fact that Glasper’s hiphop/R&B/jazz fusion is done on a compositional level instead of just a cosmetic one (no collages of sampled sax solos and drum loops here). The covers reveal a lot about his musical worldview: Sung by Tony winner Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple), “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” is turned into dark, airy neo-soul, while “Joy to the World”—sung by Alex Isley—feels like a Stevie Wonder ballad. But the originals reveal even more. “The intention for this album was less about Christmas songs and more about songs that feel good during the holidays,” Glasper says. “I stayed away from thinking too much about Christmas and its traditional lingo, and concentrated on real things people go through during the holiday season.” Artist Robert Glasper Genre Jazz Label Concord Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings TBA Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Robert Glasper and more from Jazz View Product Quick View Robert Glasper In My Element (Classic Vinyl Series) Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 2LP Released 16th June 2023 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robert Glasper In My Element (Classic Vinyl Series) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 5507716 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 16th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robert Glasper Black Radio III Jazz | Concord | 2LP Released 25th February 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robert Glasper Black Radio III £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7240031 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 25th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robert Glasper Fuck Yo Feelings Jazz | Concord / Loma Vista | 2LP Released 7th February 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robert Glasper Fuck Yo Feelings £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord / Loma Vista SKU: LVR859 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 7th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robert Glasper Canvas Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 2LP Released 10th May 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robert Glasper Canvas £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 7743600 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 10th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gary Burton Common Ground Jazz | Mack Avenue | 180g, 2LP Released 15th October 2012 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gary Burton Common Ground £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mack Avenue SKU: MAC1061LP Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 15th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 31st October 2009 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: BN4194 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st October 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bobby Hutcherson Components Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 21st May 2015 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bobby Hutcherson Components £14.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 4717322 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 21st May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sonny Rollins Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums Jazz | Craft Recordings | 180g, 3LP, Box Set Released 23rd June 2023 £143.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sonny Rollins Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums £143.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 7224754 Formats: 180g, 3LP, Box Set Released Date: 23rd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jan Garbarek Quartet Afric Pepperbird Jazz | ECM | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 1st March 2024 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jan Garbarek Quartet Afric Pepperbird £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4505317 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 1st March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dexter Gordon Manhattan Symphonies Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 2LP Released 11th March 2008 £47.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dexter Gordon Manhattan Symphonies £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN35308 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 11th March 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kenny Wheeler Gnu High Jazz | ECM | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th April 2023 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kenny Wheeler Gnu High £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 4505346 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ornette Coleman Free Jazz Jazz | Ermitage | 180g, 1LP Released 10th March 2016 £10.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ornette Coleman Free Jazz £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Ermitage SKU: VNL12202LPPMI Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ella Fitzgerald Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! 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