Blue Note Records has released a new live album from the Robert Glasper-led R+R=Now, appropriately titled R+R=NOW Live.
The seven tracks on the album were captured during the final shows of Glasper’s month-long residency at Blue Note NYC in October 2018 when he played with his R+R=Now collective comprised of Terrace Martin (synthesizer/vocoder/alto saxophone), Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (trumpet), Derrick Hodge (bass), Taylor McFerrin (synthesizer), and Justin Tyson (drums). R+R=NOW Live features the group’s intimate club performances of originals including “Respond”, “Been On My Mind”, “Change Of Tone”, “Resting Warrior”, and “Needed You Still” which featured a sit-in from Omari Hardwick, along with their jazz-inspired cover of Kendrick Lamar‘s “How Much A Dollar Cost”.
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To celebrate the album’s arrival on Friday, the members of R+R=Now joined Blue Note Records president and Wolf Bros bassist Don Was to discuss the project as well as their collaborative chemistry as part of the label’s First Look webseries. Watch the 22-minute conversation between the band and Was below.
R+R=NOW – First Look with Don Was – Blue Note Records
[Video: Blue Note Records]
Scroll down to listen to the new live album, and click here to purchase a physical/digital copy R+R=Now Live (a vinyl copy will be released on April 23rd).
R+R=NOW – R+R=Now Live
[Video: Blue Note Records]