Rob Caldwell of PopMatters wrote that the album 'stands, in the end, as a multi-layered work possessing an air of adventure, while still remaining accessible. ĪllMusic's Thom Jurek praised the album, writing 'this set is welcoming, open, and warm: it invites fans of all of his musical pursuits along for the ride'. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74 based on eight reviews. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĬovered was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. Four of the twelve tracks on the album were at least partially written by Glasper himself. Glasper used material from artists such as Radiohead, John Legend, Joni Mitchell, Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko several different music genres to give a more straight forward sound than he put out with his other band.

It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to John Scofield's Past Present.įor this album, Glasper reunited with Vicente Archer and Damion Reid as The Robert Glasper Trio with whom he released Canvas and In My Element and went back to the instrumentation of his earlier sounds. The album peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 and number two on both the Traditional Jazz Albums and Jazz Albums charts in the United States. Harry Belafonte, Iskinder 'Skindoo' Adefris-Yaxley, Josiah Xavier Brown, Musiq Soulchild, Ralphie 'Hoop' Richardson, Riley Kirkland Glasper and Samuel Josef Brown have provided special guest appearances on the project. It features song covers of artists like John Legend, Radiohead and Joni Mitchell with a few original tracks mixed in. Production was handled by Robert Glasper himself, with Don Was and Nicole Hegeman serving as executive producers. Recording sessions took place at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on the 2nd and 3rd December 2014. It was released on June 16, 2015, via Blue Note Records. Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol StudiosĬovered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios (simply shortened as Covered) is the seventh album by American musician Robert Glasper.

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