''Double Booked'' is an album by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

pianist and composer

Robert Glasper Robert Andre Glasper (born April 6, 1978) is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger with a career that bridges several different musical and artistic genres, mostly centered on jazz. To date, Glasper has won fou ...

, released on the

Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical co ...

label on August 25, 2009. The album is Glasper's third for Blue Note.

Track listing

All songs composed by Robert Glasper except as indicated. ''The Robert Glasper Trio'' #"Intro" - 0:30 #"No Worries" - 7:06 #"Yes I'm Country (And That's OK)" - 8:06 #"Downtime" - 5:21 #"59 South" - 6:11 #"Think of One" (

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "B ...

) - 9:12 ''The Robert Glasper Experiment'' #

"4eva" (R. Glasper, Dante Smith) - 2:16

#"Butterfly" (

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

Bennie Maupin Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940) is an American jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He is known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandi ...

)(lyrics by Jane Hancock) - 6:00 #"Festival" - 10:02 #"For You" ( Sameer Gupta)(lyrics by

Casey Benjamin Casey Benjamin (born October 10, 1978) is an American saxophonist (alto and soprano), vocoderist, keyboardist, producer, and songwriter. He is a member of the Robert Glasper Experiment which won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album for their album '' ...

) - 2:10 #"All Matter" ( Bilal Sayeed Oliver) - 6:33 #"Open Mind" (

Derrick Hodge Derrick Hodge (born July 5, 1979) is a composer, musical director, bandleader, producer bassist and advocate. To date he has been awarded two Grammys, named a Sundance Composer Fellow, received a Motif Award; one of world's highest honors for C ...

) - 8:34

Charts

Personnel

Musicians * Robert Glasper –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, Rhodes piano *

Vicente Archer Vicente Archer (born in Woodstock, New York ) is an American jazz musician (double bass). Life and work Archer began in self-taught guitar for 16 years and studied at the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA with Gene Bertfocinio, Jerry Be ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

(tracks 1-6) *

Chris Dave Chris "Daddy" Dave is a drummer, composer, and bandleader from Houston, Texas. He attended Howard University. He is a drummer in jazz, gospel, hip hop, noted for his extremely virtuosic sticking technique and ability to play with a high deg ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

- electric bass (tracks 7-12) *

- alto saxophone, vocoder (tracks 7-12) *

Terence Blanchard Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. He started his career in 1982 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, then The Jazz Messengers. He has composed more than forty film scores and performed ...

–- voice (track 1) *

Mos Def Yasiin Bey (; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), previously and more commonly known by his stage name Mos Def (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. His hip hop career began in 1994, alongside his siblings in the s ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(track 7) *

Bilal __NOTOC__ Bilal may refer to: People * Bilal (name) (a list of people with the name) * Bilal ibn Rabah, a companion of Muhammad * Bilal (American singer) * Bilal (Lebanese singer) Places *Bilal Colony, a neighbourhood of Korangi Town in Karachi, ...

– vocals (track 11, 12) * Jahi Sundance – turntables (track 12) Production * Robert Glasper – producer * Eli Wolf – A&R * Joe Marciano – engineer (recording, mixing)(tracks 1-6) * Keith Lewis – engineer (recording, mixing)(tracks 7-12) * Mike Marciano – engineer (mastering) * Shanieka D. Brooks – product manager * Konstantin Dzhibilov – art direction, design * Gordon H Jee – creative director * Joey L – photography * Marques Green – photography

References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Robert Glasper albums Blue Note Records albums Post-bop albums Mainstream jazz albums