 Glasper has worked with Bilal and Mos Def as musical director, Q-Tip ("The Renaissance"), Kanye West ("Late Registration"), Meshell Ndegeocello ("The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams"), J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Common, Slum Village, and Maxwell, with whom he toured extensively on 2009's BLACKsummers'night tour.Glasper's first album, "Mood", was released by Fresh Sound New Talent in 2004, after the pianist's stints playing in bands with guitarists Russell Malone and Mark Whitfield, bassist Christian McBride, and trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Roy Hargrove.The album features six original compositions by Glasper alongside versions of the jazz standards "Blue Skies", "Alone Together", and Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage".