| Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios | ||||
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| Studio album by The Robert Glasper Trio | ||||
| Released | June 16, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | December 2–3, 2014 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:54 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Robert Glasper | |||
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Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios (simply shortened as Covered) is the seventh album by American musician Robert Glasper. It was released on June 16, 2015, via Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on the 2nd and 3rd December 2014. Production was handled by Robert Glasper himself, with Don Was and Nicole Hegeman serving as executive producers. It features song covers of artists like John Legend, Radiohead and Joni Mitchell with a few original tracks mixed in. 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.
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. 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.