Robert Glasper's 'Black Radio': Is all that jazz?

The musician's new album has flashes of R&B, funk and hip-hop, and to nitpicking genre purists, Glasper says the evolution was not only natural but inevitable.

Something curious has been happening on the music landscape lately. In the span of a few weeks, a jazz artist with a critically lauded new album has hit the late-night TV circuit with performances on the David Letterman and Jay Leno shows, debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard pop chart, and performed a packed-to-the-rafters showcase at Austin, Texas' annual rock 'n' roll smorgasbord, SXSW. And the strangest part? The musician's name isn't Esperanza Spalding.

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