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NO BARRIERS.<br />
NO LIMITS. NO FEAR.<br />
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. DownBeat<br />
recently convened a meeting in Brooklyn with<br />
keyboardist Robert Glasper, saxophonist/<br />
producer Terrace Martin, journalist Phillip Lutz<br />
and photographers Jimmy and Dena Katz.<br />
When DownBeat approached Glasper about<br />
doing a cover story, he suggested that we also<br />
invite Martin, one of his close friends and key<br />
collaborators. It was a great idea and a natural<br />
fit. After all, both musicians worked on Kendrick<br />
Lamar’s hip-hop masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly<br />
(Top Dawg), and both are in an ensemble that has<br />
been recording material with Herbie Hancock for<br />
a forthcoming album. As you’ll read in the following<br />
pages, Glasper and Martin are fearless artists<br />
who respect tradition but don’t want to be confined<br />
by it.<br />
FEBRUARY 2017 DOWNBEAT 25
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