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90-606: Robert Andre Glasper (born April 6, 1978) is an American pianist , record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger . His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz . Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from 11 nominations. Glasper's breakout album, Black Radio (2012), peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 chart and won Best R&B Album at 55th Annual Grammy Awards . The following year, he released its sequel, Black Radio 2 . In 2015, he played keyboards on Kendrick Lamar 's album To Pimp

180-499: A tenured faculty position. He was succeeded by Joseph W. Westphal , yet on December 8, 2008, Kerrey announced that Westphal was stepping down to accept a position in President Barack Obama 's Department of Defense transition team. Kerrey then took the highly unorthodox step of appointing himself to the provost position while remaining president. This decision was strongly criticised by faculty and other members of

270-550: A 2010 Grammy Award nomination for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. In February 2012, Glasper released his fifth and seminal album Black Radio , which featured performances by a lineup of neo-soul and hip-hop artists including Lupe Fiasco , Bilal , Lalah Hathaway , Erykah Badu , and Yasiin Bey . Black Radio was met with both commercial success (a #10 debut on Billboard ' s Top Current Albums chart) and critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone declaring that it "feels like

360-449: A Butterfly , and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2015 drama film Miles Ahead . Outside of his own musical work, he has co-written or produced albums for Mac Miller , Anderson .Paak , The Kid Laroi , Banks , Herbie Hancock , Big K.R.I.T. , Brittany Howard , Bilal , Denzel Curry , Q-Tip , and Talib Kweli , among others. He won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his song "A Letter to

450-521: A Butterfly , notably playing on the Grammy-winning track " These Walls ". In October 2016, Glasper co-hosted the inaugural Blue Note Cruise alongside Gregory Porter . The cruise became an annual event and Robert co-hosts it each year with bassist Marcus Miller . In January 2017, Glasper performed with Christina Aguilera at Taking the Stage, the celebratory concert commemorating the opening of

540-411: A Master of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship program, which can be obtained along with either a Bachelor of Music (Mannes) or a Bachelor of Fine Arts (drama or jazz) in five-years. Various institutes and research centers at The New School focus on specific fields of study: The New School's College of Performing Arts is home to the influential experimental music venue, The Stone, offering 240 concerts

630-524: A blueprint forward", and went on to win the 2013 Grammy for best R&B album . In 2012 a concert at the Village Vanguard was recorded on video and published on YouTube. In November 2012, Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP was released with five remixed tracks from the prior album, including remixes by Questlove , Solange , Georgia Muldrow , Pete Rock , and 9th Wonder . In October 2013, Glasper released Black Radio 2 . The core remained

720-407: A central hub for all university students, though the majority of classrooms and studios are in use by Parsons. The tower, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 's Roger Duffy , is the biggest capital project the university has ever undertaken. The building added classrooms, new residences, computer labs, event facilities, and a cafeteria to the downtown New York City campus in addition to

810-733: A cover of Stevie Wonder 's "Jesus Children of America", a dedication to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings . The track would go on to win the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance in 2015, whilst the album was nominated for Best R&B album. On June 16, 2015, Robert Glasper released Covered , a return to his acoustic piano trio format alongside musicians Damion Reid and Vicente Archer . The album features cover songs, drawn from an eclectic variety of artists, including Radiohead , John Legend , Kendrick Lamar , and Joni Mitchell . The album

900-620: A home in this country. Alvin Johnson adopted that idea, and the motto continues to guide the division in its present-day endeavors. The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science was founded in 1933 as the University in Exile for largely Jewish scholars who were being purged from teaching positions due to anti-semitic laws initially passed in 1933 in Hitler 's Nazi Germany. By 1938

990-529: A jazz artist, Rashod D. Ollison reviewed him after the release of Canvas as "a gifted jazz musician with a brilliant, energetic technique and a fresh, mesmerizing sense of melody and composition". Glasper claims that the music of Miles Davis has had a significant influence on his style throughout his career as a musician. Both the soundtrack for Miles Ahead and the tribute album Everything's Beautiful are clear indications of this influence. Glasper himself said: "I'm obviously influenced by Miles Davis – even just

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1080-497: A library, and lecture hall. Several of the university buildings are New York City designated landmarks . Among these is the egg-shaped Tishman Auditorium, an interior landmark. It was designed by architect Joseph Urban , along with the entirety of The New School's 66 West 12th Street building, the last major project Urban designed. Thousands of writer's forums, author visits, political debates, award ceremonies, academic lectures, performances, and public hearings are held for both

1170-474: A major student occupation that was held at The New School's previous building on that site), plans for the University Center were adjusted in response to community concerns and have since been well received. In a review of the University Center's final design, The New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff called the building "a celebration of the cosmopolitan city". The UC serves as

1260-429: A major, selecting topics that are of interest to them. An exception to this is in the performing arts, where students must declare majors at enrollment. Although all "New Schoolers" are required to complete rigorous core training—usually of a literary, conservatory, or artistic nature—students are expected to be the primary designers of their own curriculum. The university offers 81 degree/diploma programs and majors, with

1350-859: A member of the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Soccer – competes against Cooper Union, Culinary Institute of America, St. Joseph's College, and Vaughn College In addition to sports, the recreation department offers a myriad of free fitness classes to its community including boxing, dance, HIIT , Pilates , tai chi , yoga , and Zumba . Personal training is also offered at an affordable rate ranging from $ 16.50 to $ 40 per session. Outdoor Adventure trips are offered several times/week and what started to be wilderness in nature (camping, hiking, rafting) has expanded to include excursions such as archery, biking, horseback riding, skiing/snowboarding, surfing, rock climbing and trapeze. Yee has increased programming to include

1440-482: A nod to Nina Simone 's statement that "An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times" and a reference to the current political climate. R+R=Now's debut album, Collagically Speaking , was released on June 15, 2018. August Greene was formed by Glasper, Common, and Riggins after Glasper and Riggins jointly produced Common's Black America album, which included the Emmy-winning track " Letter to

1530-801: A range of institutions, such as the international research institute World Policy Institute, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics , the India China Institute, the Observatory on Latin America, and the Center for New York City Affairs. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Approximately 10,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The vast majority, over 70 percent of all students enrolled in university are in

1620-470: A school-wide election was held to select a mascot, where The New School Narwhals were born. On January 25, 2013, the athletics logo was launched, designed by Parsons’ student Matthew Wolff (Graphic Design '14). The department began in December 2008 under its original name Recreation and Intramural sports. The initial director, Michael McQuarrie, held the position for four years. He built a relationship with

1710-614: A second charitable race that takes place annually in April called the 5K Rabbit Run. She has also started the Urban Hunt (a scavenger hunt around campus and the Village) and Club New (a dance party for first-year students the weekend before first day of classes). The New School, as most instititions of higher education, has from time to time been associated with left leaning politics, campus activism, civic engagement, and social change. It

1800-402: A student:faculty ratio of 9:1. Small class sizes allow The New School to teach most of its classes seminar style—especially at Eugene Lang College, which consistently ranks at the top of The Princeton Review's "class discussions encouraged" national listing. The university offers a range of dual degree programs. These include a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts (colloquially called

1890-642: A volunteer initiative, for the "widest array of [civic] service events both on and off campus". Miriam Weinstein also cites the Eugene Lang division in her book, Making a Difference Colleges: Distinctive Colleges to Make a Better World . In 2024 during the Israel-Hamas war , students participated in pro-Palestinian protests which called for the divestment from weapons manufacturers that the school has invested in, an academic boycott of Israeli institutions, amnesty for all students and staff sanctioned by

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1980-442: A year, but what a year it was. The school and New York itself had become a sanctuary for hundreds of extraordinary European Jews who had fled Germany and other countries before and during World War II, and they were enriching the city's intellectual life with an intensity that has probably never been equaled anywhere during a comparable period of time. These twelve individuals have served as president of The New School: The New School

2070-576: A year. Thirty-three percent of New School students come from outside of the United States, with 112 non-US countries represented at the university. U.S. students come from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Forty-three percent of them are people of color, and 5% of American students identify as more than one race. Of the entire student population, 63% receive financial aid, and 17% study abroad before graduating. The New School's campus

2160-558: Is a "Periclean University" (a member of Project Pericles ), meaning that it teaches "education for social responsibility and participatory citizenship as an essential part of their educational programs, in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community". The New School is one of nine American universities to be inducted into Ashoka's "Changemaker" consortium for social entrepreneurship. In 2010, NYC Service awarded New School special recognition in The College Challenge,

2250-775: Is a member of the Research Library Association of South Manhattan. In 2009, its libraries counted a total of 1,906,046 holdings. In 1931 the New School commissioned two mural cycles: José Clemente Orozco 's "A Call for Revolution" and "Universal Brotherhood" and Thomas Hart Benton's epic America Today. The New School Art Collection was established in 1960 with a grant from the Albert A. List Foundation. The collection, now grown to approximately 1,800 postwar and contemporary works of art, includes examples in almost all media. Parts of it are exhibited throughout

2340-764: Is centered on the area immediately south of Union Square in New York's Greenwich Village . Exceptions are some dormitories and other administrative buildings that are located in Chelsea, Stuyvesant Park, and the College of Performing Arts in the West Village . The New School opened the 16-story University Center ("UC") at 65 5th Avenue in January 2014. While the 65 Fifth Avenue plans were initially controversial among students and Village residents (spurring in 2009

2430-499: Is credited as a co-artist of the album. The album includes features from Stevie Wonder , Bilal , Illa J , Erykah Badu , Phonte , Hiatus Kaiyote , Laura Mvula , Georgia Anne Muldrow , Ledisi , and John Scofield . September 16, 2016 marked Glasper's return to his electric group, the Robert Glasper Experiment, with the release of ArtScience : the first Experiment LP where all members write and produce, and

2520-405: Is divided into autonomous colleges called "divisions". Each one is led by a dean and has its own scholarships, standards of admission, and acceptance rates. Similar to many liberal arts colleges, The New School's Lang College has a "student-directed curriculum," which does not require its undergraduates to take general education courses. Instead, students are encouraged to explore before focusing on

2610-536: The Apollo Theater . A celebration of African American protest music, the show featured Jill Scott , Bilal , Staceyann Chin , and Toshi Reagon alongside a special big band ensemble led by Glasper. On September 29, 2017 Glasper released Our Point of View with the Blue Note All Stars band, for which he brought together other leading figures of his generation for a special project celebrating

2700-682: The Blue Note Jazz Club . Glasper's earliest musical influence was his mother, Kim Yvette Glasper, who sang jazz and blues professionally. She took her son with her to club dates rather than leave him with babysitters. She was the music director at the East Wind Baptist Church, where Glasper first performed in public. He performed during services at three churches: Baptist , Catholic , and Seventh-day Adventist . Glasper has said that he first developed his sound in church, where he learned his own way to hear harmony and

2790-402: The Blue Note Jazz Club . In 2018, Glasper appeared on The Potash Twins series 'Beats + Bites' ( Bravo TV ) along with Wynton Marsalis , Smino & Tom Colicchio . Each year, in the course of playing 56 sold-out shows across 30 days, Glasper curates a unique program—testimony to the breadth of his portfolio, vision and bandmates—and draws the great and the good of his creative community to

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2880-550: The European Parliament for his "outstanding contribution to European cooperation and the promotion of common values". The New School The New School is a private research university in New York City . It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. Since then,

2970-600: The University in Exile and the École libre des hautes études in 1933 as a graduate division to serve as an academic haven for largely Jewish scholars escaping from Nazi Germany among other adversarial regimes in Europe. In 1934, the University in Exile was chartered by New York State and its name was changed to the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science. In 2005, it adopted what had initially been

3060-497: The jazz standards including Herbie Hancock 's " Maiden Voyage ". Primarily a piano trio recording, with Bob Hurst on bass and Damion Reid on drums, the album also features saxophonists Marcus Strickland and John Ellis, along with the vocalist Bilal . Around this time, Glasper recorded with Bilal at Electric Lady Studios for the singer's unreleased but widely leaked second album, Love for Sale . In 2005, Glasper released his debut on Blue Note Records , Canvas , with what

3150-503: The "BA/FA pathway") program or a Bachelor of Arts and master's program. The former is a comprehensive five-year program that allows students to obtain their B.A. from Eugene Lang College and their B.F.A. from either Parsons or School of Jazz and Contemporary Music . The latter is also a five-year program that allows students at Eugene Lang to obtain their masters from the New School for Social Research . The university also offers

3240-822: The Consortium has helped host scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine following the fall of the democratic Afghan government in 2021 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 . The New School played a similar role with the founding of the École Libre des Hautes Études after the Nazi invasion of France. Receiving a charter from de Gaulle 's Free French government in exile, the École attracted refugee scholars who taught in French, including philosopher Jacques Maritain , anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss , and linguist Roman Jakobson . The École Libre gradually evolved into one of

3330-599: The Free ", which featured on Ava DuVernay 's documentary 13th . The group had previously performed together for a special edition of the Tiny Desk Concerts concert series at the White House in 2016, the only one done in the location. August Greene released their self-titled debut album on February 21, 2018. In October 2018, Glasper launched the first of what would become his annual month-long residencies at

3420-612: The Free" featured in Ava DuVernay 's documentary, 13th , along with Common and Karriem Riggins . Glasper also composed the score for the documentary film The Apollo , and composed the original score for Issa Rae 's The Photograph . He has also been an Artist in Residence at venues including the London Jazz Festival , North Sea Jazz Festival , The Kennedy Center , Hollywood Bowl , Carnegie Hall , and

3510-583: The Graduate Faculty was again renamed, this time taking the original name of the university, The New School for Social Research. In 2018, the New University in Exile Consortium was formed. The consortium is a group of multiple colleges and universities around the world which host at least one exiled scholar per year, aiding them in academic pursuits as well as providing personal support with respect to their exile. Following its establishment,

3600-559: The Great War. In October 1917, after Columbia University suppressed criticism of the United States by the faculty, related to World War I, it fired two professors who were outspoken pacifists. Charles A. Beard , Professor of Political Science, resigned his professorship at Columbia in protest even though he supported the war. His colleague James Harvey Robinson , who also supported the war, resigned in 1919 and both Beard and Robinson became founders of The New School. The New School plan

3690-536: The March On Washington with Derrick Hodge and George Clinton . On August 27 2020, Glasper released "Better Than I Imagined", the first single from his forthcoming Black Radio 3 album. It features H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello . In August 2020, Glasper contributed to the live streamed recording of the singer Bilal 's EP Voyage-19 , created remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns . It

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3780-860: The McBurney YMCA where intramurals continue to be held on Wednesday nights and created the ongoing New School Olympics and charitable 5K Turkey Trot. The Narwhals feature several intercollegiate teams: basketball (2009), cross country (2010), cycling (2013), soccer (2013), tennis (2014), ultimate Frisbee (2014). The New School Narwhals are an independent school, unaffiliated with the NCAA, but regularly compete against NCAA Division III schools. Basketball – competes regularly against Cooper Union, Culinary Institute of America, Pratt Institute, and Vaughn College Cross Country – competes in CUNYAC and HVIAC conference invitationals as an unaffiliated school Cycling –

3870-457: The New School's senior full-time professors gave a vote of no confidence for the New School's former president, Bob Kerrey . By December 15, 98% of the university's full-time faculty had voted no confidence. On December 17, over 100 students barricaded themselves in at a dining hall on the campus while hundreds more waited on the streets outside. They considered the current school administration opaque and harmful. Their chief demand, among others,

3960-424: The New School, Glasper met neo-soul singer Bilal . They began performing and recording together, which led to associations with a variety of hip hop and R&B artists parallel to Glasper's emerging jazz career. Robert Glasper straddles two distinct worlds. He is an accomplished jazz pianist who was signed to Blue Note Records in his mid-twenties. Additionally, he works with many hip-hop and R&B artists, both in

4050-420: The New School. Notable scholars associated with the University in Exile include psychologists Erich Fromm , Max Wertheimer and Aron Gurwitsch , political theorists Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss , philosopher Hans Jonas , and composer Hanns Eisler . In 1934, the University in Exile was chartered by New York State and its name was changed to the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science. In 2005,

4140-664: The Notes . In September 2017, Glasper appeared on a live stream with Esperanza Spalding while recording "Heaven in Pennies" for Spalding's album Exposure , which was released in December 2017. In 2018 Glasper formed two new supergroups: R+R=Now with Terrace Martin , Derrick Hodge , Taylor McFerrin , Christian Scott , and Justin Tyson ; and August Greene with Common and Karriem Riggins accompanied by Burniss Travis and Samora Pinderhughes. R+R=Now stands for Reflect+Respond=Now,

4230-415: The Robert Glasper Experiment, featuring Robert Glasper on keyboards, Derrick Hodge on bass, Mark Colenburg on drums, and Casey Benjamin on vocoder and saxophone. Guest vocalists included Common , Brandy , Jill Scott , Marsha Ambrosius , Anthony Hamilton , Faith Evans , Norah Jones , Snoop Dogg , Lupe Fiasco , and Emeli Sandé . Notably, Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm-Jamal Warner were featured on

4320-657: The Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It was hosted by Dave Chappelle and featured a plethora of other icons of black music and culture including Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Chuck D, and others. The concert was made into a feature-length program and broadcast on ABC in June 2020. In February 2017, Glasper partnered with Afropunk as Creative and Musical Director for their special Unapologetically Black show, performed at

4410-636: The academic community and general public throughout the year in Tishman. Newer buildings have garnered a multitude of awards. Among these is The Sheila Johnson Design Center, which attracted media attention for its revolutionary design. In 2009, it won the Society for College and University Planning's Excellence in Architecture Renovation/Adaptive Reuse Award. In addition to being a Parsons core academic building,

4500-472: The big screen by writing the score for the film The Photograph . Released on February 14, 2020, the film was directed by Stella Meghie and stars Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield . On June 25, 2020, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington , Terrace Martin , and 9th Wonder announced the formation of a supergroup, Dinner Party . They released a single, "Freeze Tag", followed by their self-titled debut album on July 10, 2020. In March 2020 March Glasper performed at

4590-455: The campus. Notable artists such as Andy Warhol , Kara Walker , Richard Serra , and Sol LeWitt all have pieces displayed in New School's academic buildings. The New School publishes the following journals: The New School houses over 50 recognized student organizations, most of which are geared towards artistic endeavors or civic engagement. Notable among these are The Theatre Collective, which stages numerous dramatic productions throughout

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4680-561: The center also serves as a public art gallery. The New School Welcome Center, located on 13th Street and Fifth Avenue, won the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter's Interiors Merit Award in 2010. In October 2019, the university celebrated its centennial with The Festival of New. The New School currently maintains three library locations and its Archives & Special Collections in New York City and

4770-615: The composition or transcription of music. While some classical pianists may specialize in accompaniment and chamber music , a smaller number opt for full-time solo careers. Mozart could be considered the first concert pianist, as he performed widely on the piano. Composers Beethoven and Clementi from the Classical era were also famed for their playing, as were, from the Romantic era , Liszt , Brahms , Chopin , Mendelssohn , Rachmaninoff , and Schumann . The Romantic era also saw

4860-574: The creative areas of design, performing, and fine arts. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York educators, largely former Columbia University faculty that objected to pressure by Columbia to avoid any criticism of its president, during the Great War , and for most of its history, the university was known as The New School for Social Research . Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University . The university and each of its colleges were renamed in 2005. The New School established

4950-862: The emergence of pianists better known for their performances than for composing, such as Clara Schumann and Hans von Bülow . Jazz pianists almost always perform with other musicians. Their playing is more free than that of classical pianists, and they create an air of spontaneity in their performances. They generally do not write down their compositions; improvisation is a significant part of their work. Well known jazz pianists include Bill Evans , Art Tatum , Duke Ellington , Thelonious Monk , Oscar Peterson , Bud Powell , McCoy Tyner , Chick Corea , Herbie Hancock , and Brad Mehldau . Popular pianists might work as live performers (concert, theatre, etc.) or session musicians . Arrangers most likely feel at home with synthesizers and other electronic keyboard instruments. Notable popular pianists include Liberace , who at

5040-594: The famous students of the Dramatic Workshop were Beatrice Arthur , Harry Belafonte , Marlon Brando , Tony Curtis , Ben Gazzara , Michael V. Gazzo , Rod Steiger , Elaine Stritch , Shelley Winters and Tennessee Williams . Prior to the Dramatic Workshop, The Group Theater under the leadership of Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg taught dramatic arts. Subsequent to the Dramatic Workshop, both Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg ran studios at The New School. I attended The New School for Social Research for only

5130-435: The film Miles Ahead , a biopic documenting the life of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis , whom Glasper cites as being one of his major musical influences. The soundtrack primarily consists of arrangements and interpretations of some of Davis's most well-known compositions, with the exception of a few tunes written by Glasper himself, and won him the 2017 Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media . In 2016, Glasper

5220-470: The first semester, 100 courses, mostly in economics and politics, were offered by an ad hoc faculty that included Thomas Sewall Adams , Charles A. Beard , Horace M. Kallen , Harold Laski , Wesley Clair Mitchell , Thorstein Veblen , James Harvey Robinson , Graham Wallas , Charles B. Davenport , Elsie Clews Parsons , and Roscoe Pound . Many years later, The New School begin to offer degrees in line with

5310-585: The first with no guest vocalists, although Glasper himself sings on the album. It features saxophonist and vocalist Casey Benjamin , bassist Derrick Hodge and drummer Mark Colenburg alongside Glasper, and was recorded in New Orleans. Glasper would go on to release a remix version of the album in collaboration with Kaytranada in 2018 entitled Robert Glasper x Kaytranada: The ArtScience Remixes . 2016 saw Glasper receive attention for his prominent role on Kendrick Lamar 's critically acclaimed album To Pimp

5400-425: The height of his fame was one of the highest paid entertainers in the world , as well as Elton John and Billy Joel , so nicknamed "The Piano Man", others include Richard Clayderman , who is known for his covers of popular tunes and the late Victor Borge , who performed as a comedian. A single listing of pianists in all genres would be impractical, given the multitude of musicians noted for their performances on

5490-432: The instrument. Below are links to lists of well-known or influential pianists divided by genres: Many important composers were also virtuoso pianists. The following is an incomplete list of such musicians. Some people, having received a solid piano training in their youth, decide not to continue their musical careers but choose nonmusical ones. As a result, there are prominent communities of amateur pianists all over

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5580-624: The leading institutions of research in Paris, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales , with which the New School maintains close ties. Between 1940 and 1949, The New School included the " Dramatic Workshop ," a groundbreaking theater education program and predecessor of School of Drama that was founded by German emigrant theatre director Erwin Piscator . The department chairs hired by Piscator were Stella Adler (acting), Lee Strasberg (directing), and Herbert Berghoff (playwriting). Among

5670-407: The legacy and future of Blue Note Records. The record featured each artist's original compositions as well as a jam session, recorded live in the studio, where the band were joined by Glasper's heroes and jazz icons Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter . Don Was co-produced the album with Glasper and footage of the recording session features on Sophi Huber's 2019 documentary, Blue Note Records: Behind

5760-481: The matter became an issue of life or death for these scholars. The University in Exile, one of a number of similar program being established nationally, was initially founded by the director of the New School, Alvin Johnson , through the financial contributions of Hiram Halle and the Rockefeller Foundation . The University in Exile and its subsequent incarnations have been the intellectual heart of

5850-480: The mixtape Fuck Yo Feelings , his first recording with Loma Vista Recordings , on the first day of his 56-show 2019 residency at the Blue Note Jazz Club . Fuck Yo Feelings is the result of a two-day session in which Glasper texted invitations to his musician friends to stop by the studio and organically create together. Featured artists, who included Herbie Hancock , Cordae , Buddy, Andra Day , Yebba , Baby Rose and Rapsody , often composed their contributions on

5940-700: The name of the whole institution, the New School for Social Research, while the larger institution was renamed The New School. The New School for Social Research was founded by a group of university professors and intellectuals in 1919 as a modern, progressive, free school where adult students could "seek an unbiased understanding of the existing order, its genesis, growth and present working". Founders included economist and literary scholar Alvin Johnson , historians Charles A. Beard and James Harvey Robinson , economist Thorstein Veblen , and philosophers Horace M. Kallen and John Dewey . Beard, Dewey, and Robinson were all faculty at Columbia University and all supporters of

6030-493: The occupation lasted 30 hours. The following year, on April 10, 2009, students, mostly from New School but also from other New York colleges, reoccupied the building at 65 Fifth Avenue, this time holding the entire building for about six hours. Once again, the students demanded the resignation of Bob Kerrey. The New York Police Department arrested the occupiers; the New School students involved were then suspended. The next month, Kerrey announced he would fulfill his presidency at

6120-459: The psyche of how he thinks about music... how he moves through, and always wanted to reflect the times he's in. That's what I'm doing now. He opened that door." Grammy Awards Pianist Contemporary classical pianists focus on dedicating their careers to performing, recording, teaching, researching, and continually adding new compositions to their repertoire. In contrast to their 19th-century counterparts, they typically do not engage in

6210-491: The same time, Robert was forging a friendship with his New School-mate Bilal , as well as a musical bond that saw them embedded in a burgeoning hip hop and neo soul movement alongside era-defining artists such as Jill Scott , The Roots , and J Dilla —during which time Glasper became music director for Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) . Glasper released his first album, Mood , in 2002 with Fresh Sound New Talent . Mood features six original compositions alongside versions of

6300-777: The school has grown to house five divisions within the university. These include the Parsons School of Design , the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts , the College of Performing Arts , which includes the Mannes School of Music , The New School for Social Research , and the Schools of Public Engagement . In addition, the university maintains the Parsons Paris campus and has also launched or housed

6390-1036: The show features readings by Lupita Nyong'o , Jill Scott , Misty Copeland , Karamo Brown and more. On January 14, 2022, Glasper announced on his Instagram page that on February 25 he would be releasing the third installment in his Black Radio series, entitled Black Radio III . Glasper's albums are centered on his work as a solo artist, and two bands: The Robert Glasper Trio (on piano Robert Glasper, drummer Damion Reid , and bassist Vicente Archer ) as an acoustic jazz trio, and The Robert Glasper Experiment (Glasper, drummer Mark Colenburg , saxophonist / vocoderist Casey Benjamin and bassist Derrick Hodge ) as an electronic act that defies genre norms from any single discipline. "That's what makes this band unique... We can go anywhere, literally anywhere, we want to go. We all have musical ADD and we love it." With primary influences in neo-soul, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, and R&B, Glasper also has reinterpreted songs from rock acts Nirvana , Radiohead , Soundgarden , and David Bowie . As

6480-648: The show. In the summer of 2019 Glasper was Artist in Residence at the North Sea Jazz Festival , curating and performing over the weekend with a series of special bands and projects across the festival's stages. In September 2019, Glasper was Artist in Residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts . He commemorated the opening of their new building with a two-week series of events and outreach. On October 3, 2019, Glasper released

6570-422: The shows on and off stage. Projects have included a tribute to Stevie Wonder with Luke James , a band with Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and a trio with Esperanza Spalding . Guests have ranged from Common , Black Thought , Yebba and Q-Tip to Angela Davis and Ilyasah Shabazz , Dave Chappelle and Tiffany Haddish , many of whom have made unscripted appearances performing with Glasper as well as watching

6660-615: The spot. The album's name mirrors a tattoo that Glasper got a week before recording. In 2019, Glasper appeared in Toni Thai Sterrett's "Potty Break" web series as an R&B artist named "The Hawk". Glasper closed out 2019 by composing the original music for the documentary The Apollo , which tells the story of the Harlem venue of the same name . Glasper co-wrote and performed the film's end credit song "Don't Turn Back Now" alongside Ledisi . In 2020, Glasper continued his work on

6750-417: The studio and on the stage, including Q-Tip , Mos Def , and Maxwell . Glasper cites A Tribe Called Quest as his gateway to hip-hop. Glasper's playing career was launched in earnest whilst still studying at The New School in New York when he started touring as a sideman with some of the established greats of the scene (bassist Christian McBride , and trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Roy Hargrove ). At

6840-423: The traditional university model. John Cage , who came to study at The New School in 1933 with the experimental composer Henry Cowell , taught at The New School from 1950-1960, including courses such as Experimental Composition and Mycology. Cage's teaching at the school inspired the founding of Fluxus , through his students, including Yoko Ono . Cage was forced out by the Graduate Faculty who did not feel that he

6930-601: The university community as a power-grab involving potential conflicts of interest. This was seen as a threat to scholarly integrity since the role of provost in overseeing the academic functions of a university has traditionally been insulated from fundraising and other responsibilities of a college president. After a series of rifts including protests involving student occupations of university buildings, Kerrey later appointed Tim Marshall, Dean of Parsons School of Design , as Interim Provost through June 2011. Marshall has since been reappointed in this role. On December 10, 2008, 74 of

7020-551: The university for violations of codes of conduct, and an end to the university's collaboration with the NYPD. Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey became president of The New School in 2000. Kerrey drew praise and criticism for his streamlining of the university, as well as censure for his support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq , generally opposed by the university's faculty. In 2004, Kerrey appointed Arjun Appadurai as provost . Appadurai resigned as provost in early 2006, but retained

7110-702: The world that play at quite a high level and give concerts not to earn money but just for the love of music. The International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs , held annually in Paris , attracts about one thousand listeners each year and is broadcast on French radio. Jon Nakamatsu , the Gold Medal winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for professional pianists in Fort Worth, Texas (1997)

7200-734: The year, Narwhals on Broadway, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the New School Debate Team (intercollegiate competition in Policy/Cross Examination style debate), ReNew School (sustainability and environmental advocacy group) Moxie (feminist alliance), the New Urban Grilling Society (NUGS), and The Radical Student Union (RSU). Former Athletics and Recreation Director Diane Yee joined The New School in August 2012. On October 25, 2012,

7290-436: Was able to pay further tribute to Miles Davis, releasing Everything's Beautiful on May 27, 2016, his first with Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings . The album serves as a tribute to Davis by way of remixes and reinterpretations of several of his original works. The album debuted in the top ten billboard Hip Hop and R&B charts, the highest Miles Davis charted according to Rolling Stone . Although Davis died in 1991, he

7380-565: Was appropriate to their ideal of an academic professor. The New School uses "To the Living Spirit" as its motto. In 1937, Thomas Mann remarked that a plaque bearing the inscription "be the Living Spirit" had been torn down by the Nazis from a building at the University of Heidelberg . He suggested that the University in Exile adopt that inscription as its motto, to indicate that the 'living spirit,' mortally threatened in Europe, would have

7470-423: Was at the moment of his victory technically an amateur: he never attended a music conservatory or majored in music, and worked as a high school German teacher at the time; it was only after the competition that he started pursuing a career as a classical pianist. The German pianist Davide Martello is known for traveling around conflict zones to play his moving piano. Martello has previously been recognized by

7560-680: Was becoming his signature fusion style, moving between contemporary and classic as it segues into a version of Radiohead's " Everything in Its Right Place ", and quoting Duke Ellington 's "Fleurette Africaine". Glasper's 2009 album, Double-Booked , is divided between songs performed by Glasper in an acoustic piano trio format, and his groundbreaking electric group, The Experiment, with Derrick Hodge , Casey Benjamin , and Chris "Daddy" Dave. The album features guest vocals and spoken-word appearances by Bilal and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) . The track "All Matter", which featured Bilal, received

7650-590: Was inspired to mix church and gospel harmonies with jazz harmonies. Glasper attended Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, and the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts . In tenth grade he performed with the jazz band at Texas Southern University . He was in the second Vail Jazz Workshop in 1997, and went on to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City. At

7740-625: Was recorded live at Capitol Studios in 2014. Covered was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album . 2015 saw Glasper and Lauryn Hill co-produce Nina Revisited... A Tribute to Nina Simone , an all-star tribute album pegged to the release of Liz Garbus 's documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? The album features artists bringing a contemporary reimagining of Nina Simone 's catalogue including contributions from Usher , Common , and Mary J. Blige . In 2015, Glasper served as producer , composer , and arranger for

7830-484: Was released the following month with proceeds from its sales going to participating musicians in financial hardship from the pandemic. In September 2020, Glasper collaborated with Common to write and perform the ending theme song for the educational Netflix show Bookmarks , in which Black celebrities and artists read children's books by Black authors to spark meaningful conversations about empathy, equality, justice, self-love, and anti-racism. Presented by Marley Dias ,

7920-463: Was that Bob Kerrey resign. The students soon enlarged their occupied area, blocking security and police from entering the building. At 3 AM the next morning, the students left the building after Kerrey agreed to some of their demands (the most important elements on their first list of demands were not agreed to), including increased study space and amnesty from any actions performed during the protest. He did not, however, concede to resignation. In total,

8010-437: Was to become his quintessential piano trio lineup of Vicente Archer on bass and Damion Reid on drums. The album features nine original compositions alongside a cover of Herbie Hancock's "Riot". His third album, In My Element , was released in 2007 and includes songs written in honor of Glasper's mother ("Tribute") and hip hop producer J Dilla ("J Dillalude"). The pianist also revisits Hancock's " Maiden Voyage " in what

8100-403: Was to offer the rigorousness of college education without degree matriculation or degree prerequisites. It was theoretically open to anyone, as the adult division today called Schools of Public Engagement remains in part. The first classes at the New School took the form of lectures followed by discussions, for larger groups, or as smaller conferences, for "those equipped for specific research". In

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