Not being able to perform for so long made it really clear how important the fans are so I can’t wait to go there and make some more history.” We had to take a break but I’m really excited to be back and see my fans again. “They allow me to step outside the box and be who I really am, unapologetically. “The Blue Note is special to me because it’s the pinnacle of jazz, but it doesn’t stop there,” Robert Glasper explains in a statement. Related: Robert Glasper Joined By Common, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock At NYC’s Blue Note Past guests at his Blue Note shows have included Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Chris Rock, Questlove, Jill Scott, Common, Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli ( Black Star) and Yebba. This year’s Robtober is already shaping up with unannounced high-caliber guests and A-list celebrities set to command the stage alongside Glasper. Glasper’s previous Blue Note shows have included tributes to Stevie Wonder, Roy Hargrove and J Dilla. The 33-night, 66-show residency-billed as Robtober-will begin on Friday, October 1st and run through Sunday, November 7th and feature early and late seatings each night. The residency comes as the Blue Note continues its 40th anniversary programming. At the first downbeat, he’s all business, bolt upright at the keys.Grammy-winning jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Robert Glasper has announced a mammoth residency at the iconic Blue Note NYC set to take place throughout the month of October and into November. Then Glasper tosses his dreadlocks with mock flamboyance, rolls his shoulders like a boxer and starts a solo-piano introduction. (“They’re kidding,” Wolf assures Marciano.) The band cracks up, but only after riding out the stunt for a minute. So Glasper and Reid start into it again-but with a preposterous go-go beat that has the men behind the glass exchanging looks. But “Portrait” ran six minutes, a touch on the long side. Glasper and his trio-mates, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Damion Reid, are making good time today they’ve already wrapped a couple of songs, each in a single take. Both are gazing intermittently through the control-room window at Glasper’s trio, which shifts into the final chorus of “Portrait of an Angel” with the easy grace of a late-spring breeze. In the booth, engineer Joe Marciano adjusts some levels while producer Eli Wolf leans back in a chair. Outside, the sun blazes in a cloudless sky, hotter than usual for mid-May inside Systems Two Studios, the climate, like the vibe, is decidedly cool. It’s Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn, and pianist Robert Glasper is recording what will eventually be the third track of Canvas, his second CD and his Blue Note debut.

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