Motivated by their ethos to "reflect and respond" forward-thinking jazz, supergroup R+R=Now make an ambitious, socially conscious blend of post-bop jazz, electronic-tinged fusion, avant-garde improvisational music, and hip-hop-influenced funk. Led by acclaimed pianist Robert Glasper, the group debuted in 2018 with Collagically Speaking and returned in 2021 with a concert album, Live.
The concept for R+R=Now initially came to Glasper while he was working on Nina Revisited, a companion album released in conjunction with the 2015 Nina Simone documentary What Happened, Miss Simon...