Robert Glasper rocked the 34th annual Tri-C JazzFest with a concert at the Ohio Theatre, then he was special guest at a Tri-C Alumni event at the Wyndham Hotel across the street.
His album Black Radio won the 2013 Grammy for Best R&B album, and featured guests like Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Stokley, Yaslin Bey, Bilal, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ledisi, Lalah Hathaway, Shafiq Husayn & others.
Now he’s working on the follow up, Black Radio Volume 2, but he couldn’t tell us who the guest stars would be. “But you’re going to love it, though, that’s all I can say.”
He was obviously digging the Alumni party: “If you can pan over that way, there are meatballs there, and I specifically asked them for those…”
Listen as we talk to Glasper at a Tri-C and Friends Association alumni event right after his gig at the JazzFest.